BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon's health minister says more than 70 people were killed and more than 3,000 were injured in the huge explosion that rocked Beirut. The blast Tuesday flattened much of the city ...

Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of Lebanon’s dysfunction and official impunity as he offered words of consolation to Lebanon’s ...

BEIRUT — A huge fire has broken out at the Port of Beirut, triggering panic among residents a month after a massive explosion. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire at the facility which ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Pope Leo XIV prayed Tuesday at the site of a deadly 2020 Beirut port explosion that has become a symbol of dysfunction and official impunity and called for justice to prevail, as he ...

On a warm, clear August day in Beirut, Lebanon, five years ago, the lives of countless residents of the Middle Eastern coastal metropolis — including the city’s numerous Christians — changed forever.

BEIRUT (RNS) — Survivors of the 2020 Beirut port explosion say they are still waiting for the truth as Pope Leo XIV urged Lebanon to become ‘a home of justice and fraternity.’ BEIRUT (RNS) — On Aug. 4 ...

Pope Leo XIV holds a moment of prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.) Listen BEIRUT — Pope Leo XIV prayed ...

BEIRUT — Holy icons no longer witness Mass at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in the Lebanese capital and there are no pews five years after an explosion in the main port sent a devastating shock ...

Pope Leo XIV prays at the site of the Beirut port blast in August 2020, in Beirut, Lebanon, Dec. 2, 2025. (CNS photo/Yara Nardi, pool via Reuters) Pope Leo concluded his visit to Lebanon with a ...