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November 30th, 2025 - 09:02 GMT

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Posters welcoming ‘late Pope Francis’ to Lebanon cause buzz

ALBAWABA - Lebanon is set to welcome the Head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV today in Beirut as he is expected to arrive in Lebanon at 3:45 p.m. local time, Lebanese media reported. Before being in Lebanon, Pope Leo landed in Turkey, where he was welcomed by Turkish officials, including Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy and senior church leaders. The Pope was also received at the ...

Pope Francis as arrives to leads the Ash Wednesday mass which opens Lent, the forty-day period of abstinence and deprivation for Christians before Holy Week and Easter, on February 26, 2020, at the Santa Sabina church in Rome. Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP

March 24th, 2020 - 09:49 GMT

Out of The 5,476 Italian Dead Covid-19 Kills 60 Priests

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March 18th, 2020 - 11:52 GMT

Pope Francis Asks God to Stop The Coronavirus 'With His Hand'

Pope Francis leaves from his window after the live-broadcast of his Sunday Angelus prayer at the Vatican on March 8, 2020, after millions of people were placed under forced quarantine in northern Italy as the government approved drastic measures in an attempt to halt the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus that is sweeping the globe. On top of the forced quarantine of 15 million people in vast areas of northern Italy until April 3, the government has also closed schools, nightcl

March 13th, 2020 - 03:29 GMT

Rome Reopens Some Catholic Churches on Order of The Pope

People watch a screen live-broadcasting Pope Francis' Sunday Angelus prayer on St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on March 8, 2020, after millions of people were placed under forced quarantine in northern Italy as the government approved drastic measures in an attempt to halt the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus that is sweeping the globe. On top of the forced quarantine of 15 million people in vast areas of northern Italy until April 3, the government has also closed schools,

March 10th, 2020 - 12:14 GMT

Pope Francis Calls on Catholic Priests to Visit People Infected With The Coronavirus

Pope Francis waves to the faithfuls as he delivers the Sunday Angelus prayer from his studio window overlooking Saint Peter's Square, at the Vatican on March 01, 2020. Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP

March 2nd, 2020 - 07:46 GMT

No Worries! Pope Francis Makes First Public Appearance in Four Days

The 83-year-old, who lost part of a lung to a respiratory illness as a young man, has never cancelled so many official audiences or events in his seven-year papacy (he is pictured on February 26, where he was seen coughing). AFP/File

March 1st, 2020 - 08:10 GMT

Is Pope Francis Infected With The Coronavirus?

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February 27th, 2020 - 07:55 GMT

Pope Francis Would Not be Visiting Iraq This Year

Pope Francis celebrates an outdoors mass during a visit to Bari, southern Italy, on February 23, 2020 to address a conference entitled "Mediterranean: Frontier of Peace" which sees the participation of some 60 Catholic bishops from 19 nations bordering the Mediterranean. Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP

February 25th, 2020 - 07:27 GMT

Pope Francis Slams Trump's Deal of The Century as 'Unfair'