Pope’s Lebanon visit made urgent by Syria’s war:
VATICAN CITY — The brutal civil war in Syria and this week's slaying of the U.S. ambassador to Libya have given a sense of urgency to Pope Benedict XVI's trip this week to Lebanon, a mission he describes as a pilgrimage of peace for the entire region.
The three-day visit starting Friday will take the pope to the nation with the largest percentage of Christians in the Middle East — nearly 40 percent of Lebanon's 4 million people, with Maronite Catholics the largest sect.
The Vatican stressed Benedict's push for inter-faith dialogue in the wake of Ambassador Chris Stevens' death at the hands of a mob enraged by a film that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhamma...
Keep on reading: Pope’s Lebanon visit made urgent by Syria’s war
VATICAN CITY — The brutal civil war in Syria and this week's slaying of the U.S. ambassador to Libya have given a sense of urgency to Pope Benedict XVI's trip this week to Lebanon, a mission he describes as a pilgrimage of peace for the entire region.
The three-day visit starting Friday will take the pope to the nation with the largest percentage of Christians in the Middle East — nearly 40 percent of Lebanon's 4 million people, with Maronite Catholics the largest sect.
The Vatican stressed Benedict's push for inter-faith dialogue in the wake of Ambassador Chris Stevens' death at the hands of a mob enraged by a film that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhamma...
Keep on reading: Pope’s Lebanon visit made urgent by Syria’s war
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