Pope Leo entrusts Lebanon to Saint Charbel’s intercession, prays at his tomb

Pope Leo XIV speaks at the Monastery of St. Maron in Annaya, Lebanon, location of the tomb of Saint Charbel Makhlouf, on December 1, 2025. / Elias Tirk/AIGAV Pool Annaya, Lebanon, Dec 1, 2025 / 03:37 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV began his second day in Lebanon on Monday with a deeply symbolic pilgrimage to the tomb of Saint Charbel Makhlouf, entrusting the country and the wider Middle East to the intercession of the saint whom many Lebanese, Christians and…