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Patriarch Elias Hoayek
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Lebanon's founding father Patriarch Elias Hoayek to be beatified

As Lebanon grapples with war and division, the man who helped shape the modern state is set to take a step towards sainthood.

Louay Faour
Oliver Mizzi
04 June, 2026
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Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo XIV awards Vatican honour to Iranian ambassador

The New Arab Staff
13 May, 2026
Pope Leo XIV celebrates a mass for new Episcopal Ordinations at the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano in Rome
Pope Leo XIV
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Rubio expects to discuss religious freedom with Pope Leo

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 May, 2026
The Basilica Of Our Lady Of Africa (Leo XIV In Algeria)
Pope Leo XIV
World
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Pope Leo heads to Algeria under shadow of Trump's ire

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 April, 2026
Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin
US-Israel war on Iran
World
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Top Vatican cardinal urges Trump, Israel to end war 'as soon as possible'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 March, 2026
Cardinal Jean-Paul Vesco a day after Leo XIV election
Algeria
MENA
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Algeria archbishop welcomes pope visit as 'dream come true'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 February, 2026
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

Louay Faour
30 November, 2025
A billboard of Pope Leo XIV is on the highway that leads to Beirut's international airport in Beirut, Lebanon, on November 20, 2025. (Photo by Fadel Itani/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Pope Leo XIV
MENA
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Weary, MENA Christians see hope in Pope Leo's visit to Lebanon

Louay Faour
29 November, 2025
Marcelo Rebelo De Sousa Meets Vatican Secretary Of State Cardinal Pi
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MENA
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Top Vatican cardinal says Israel carrying out massacre in Gaza

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 October, 2025
Diane Foley, mother of James Foley
Vatican
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Pope praises forgiveness of mother of US journalist James Foley

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 September, 2025
Pope Leo XIV meets with President of Lebanon, Joseph Aoun and First Lady Nehmat Aoun during an audience at the Apostolic Palace on June 13, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Mario Tomassetti - Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)
Pope Leo XIV
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Pope Leo to visit Lebanon, cardinal says, in likely first trip abroad

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 August, 2025
Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd during the Regina Caeli prayer from the main central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica in The Vatican, on May 11, 2025 (Photo by Massimo Valicchia/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Pope Leo XIV
MENA
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Pope Leo XIV calls for Gaza ceasefire in first Sunday address

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 May, 2025
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World
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Robert Prevost named as first US pope in Catholic Church history

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 May, 2025
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Pope Francis
World
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White smoke billows from Sistine Chapel, new pope elected

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 May, 2025
Cardinals attend a final Mass at St. Peter's Basilica before the conclave to elect a new pope at the Vatican
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Vatican conclave to pick new pope, world awaits white smoke

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 May, 2025
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Iraq
MENA
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Iraqi PM al‑Sudani backs Cardinal Louis Sako's bid as next pope

Dana Taib Menmy
23 April, 2025
Filipinos place candles in front of an image of Pope Francis inside Christ the King Chapel at the Manila Cathedral
Pope Francis
World
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Pope Francis's funeral set for Saturday, world leaders expected

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 April, 2025
Pope Francis speaks about the situation in Lebanon as a Lebanese priest (R) holds Lebanon's flag during the Pope's limited public audience at the San Damaso courtyard in The Vatican on September 2, 2020 during Covid-19. (VINCENZO PINTO/AFP via Getty Images)
Pope Francis
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Lebanon declares three days mourning for 'beloved Pope Francis'

The New Arab Staff
21 April, 2025
Pope Francis praying at the Israeli separation barrier in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank
Pope Francis
World
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Pope Francis's legacy of peace and dialogue in the Middle East

The New Arab Staff
21 April, 2025
Tayeb is known for having publiclly criticising the Arab leaders' inaction towards the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza. [Getty]
Pope Francis
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Pope Francis: A 'voice for peace' mourned across the Middle East

The New Arab Staff
21 April, 2025
Lebanon's Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rai, the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, was appointed cardinal in 2012 and is a prominent figure in global Catholicism.
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After Francis, could the next Pope be Lebanese?

The New Arab Staff
21 April, 2025