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Lebanon Lebanon prepares to welcome Pope Leo XIV

By Laure Delacloche/ cnewa.org: In Jal el-Dib, just north of Beirut, fresh asphalt now leads to the Hospital of the Holy Cross, and fresh paint is being applied to the ward Pope Leo XIV will visit on 2 December.   Sister Rose Hanna, a Franciscan Sister of the Holy Cross who heads the facility, says the Pope’s visit to the hospital that cares for about 800 special needs adults, including people with physical and mental health challenges, is “a grac ...more

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