Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of 2020 Beirut port blast in his first foreign trip

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44% : While Leo will celebrate Mass on the Beirut waterfront and travel to some areas near the Lebanese capital, his itinerary is significant for where he is not going: He will not visit Lebanon's south, battered by last year's war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Places left off the itinerary in both Lebanon and Turkiye While the brunt of the destruction was concentrated in Shia communities that form Hezbollah's main base of support, Christian communities were also impacted by the conflict, with houses, agricultural land and even churches destroyed.

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