Lebanese President Michel Aoun is scheduled to visit the Vatican next week and meet with Pope Francis. Aoun’s visit, scheduled for March 21, follows a visit to Lebanon by a papal delegation
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Pope Francis has urged “All Lebanese to work together to rescue their nation in order to reclaim its position as an example for East-West dialogue and convergence,” Pope Francis said during a
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Pope Francis resumed his work early on Wednesday following a colon operation, urging the international community to help a crisis-hit Lebanon. The 84-year-old took time to bless children and pose for selfies
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Pope Francis has called on Lebanon’s leaders to put away prejudiced interests and work to reinstate peace and stability in the crisis-hit country. The Pope made the statement at the end of
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In a statement released by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday, the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) was criticized over plans to release a commemorative stamp, in honor of Pope Francis’
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In an attempt to fulfill peace in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East, the 84-year-old leader of the Catholic Church Pope Francis made a rare visit to the war-torn country, aiming
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After his visit to Najaf, Pope Francis flew to Mosul as a part of his Iraq visit. On Sunday, Francis made his way to Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish Regional Government.
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Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, a preeminent Shiite figure, are scheduled to meet on Saturday for 40 minutes, in the cleric’s modest home in Najaf. Al-Sistani has not left his
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