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Pilgrims pray in front of a portrait of Saint Charbel during a visit to the Maronite monastery of Saint Maron, which houses the shrine of Saint Charbel, in the mountain village of Annaya on November 12, 2025. (Photo by Joseph EID/AFP via Getty Images

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Inside Pope Leo's tour of Lebanon's important Christian sites

Pope Leo XIV will visit St Charbel’s shrine in Annaya, Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa and Bkerke in a landmark tour of Lebanon’s major Christian sites.

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Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir -- AFP

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Saudi king hosts Lebanese patriarch in historic visit

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14 November, 2017

Cardinal Bechara el-Rai

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13 November, 2017

Bechara al-Rai AFP

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