Father Paolo Capra, pastor at St. Augustine, made the trip to Istanbul with the brick, which will be the first stone of the new parish they plan to build.
Pope Leo XIV wrapped up his first international trip as pontiff on Tuesday, leaving Beirut on the papal plane after a six-day tour of Turkey and Lebanon. But he’s already looking ahead to the next one ...
Pope Leo XIV has said that he would like to visit Algeria in 2026 as part of a voyage to Africa, which could be his next ...
Lebanon needed this embrace.” The words went out over a social media platform, made more poignant for the accompanying image ...
In Lebanon, a nation where churches and mosques stand side by side, Pope Leo XIV discovered the evidence he was looking for: ...
The pontiff met political leaders upon his arrival on Sunday and will later say Mass at a Beirut port destroyed by an explosion five years ago.