Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of Lebanon’s dysfunction and official impunity as he offered words of consolation to Lebanon’s ...

During a visit to Lebanon Tuesday, Pope Leo XIV held mass at Beirut's waterfront, where he prayed for the families of those killed in an explosion there back in 2020. The trip marks Leo's first ...

Pope Leo XIV offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wraps up his first foreign trip to Turkey and Lebanon on Tuesday. He also met with relatives of some of the 218 ...

Pope Leo XIV holds a moment of prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.) Listen BEIRUT — Pope Leo XIV prayed ...

BEIRUT — The Lebanese judge investigating the massive 2020 Beirut port explosion questioned two former security chiefs on Friday, including a former head of the General Security Directorate who ...

Lebanon “cannot pretend” to be a state if answers are not found to questions about the deadly Beirut port explosion in 2020, the country's Justice Minister has said. No one has been held accountable ...

The enormous explosion has left up to 300,000 people homeless, say authorities. LONDON and PARIS -- The death toll in Tuesday's massive explosion in a Beirut warehouse has climbed past 100 as search ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of dysfunction and official impunity and called for justice to prevail, as he ...