Pope to visit Lebanon in September

Friday, April 13th, 2012

Pope Benedict XVI will visit Lebanon from the 14th to the 16th September.

The announcement was made in two separate statements by the Presidency of the Republic of Lebanon and the Lebanese Bishop’s Office for Communications on the very day the Pope appealed for peace in the Middle East and the Holy Land. The Holy Father made a call to end the violence in the region during the traditional Easter ”Urbi and Orbi’ message.

During this visit, according to these statements, the Pope will hand over and sign the Post- synodal Apostolic Exhortation for the Middle East in the nation’s capital Beirut, during Holy Mass on the 16th September.

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