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The center, which is adjacent to Our Lady of Victory Maronite Parish, also includes a library filled with more than 10,000 books on spirituality and a relic of St. Sharbel Makhlouf. The Saint Sharbel ...

Thousands of Maronite Catholics shut down the streets of the Sydney suburb of Punchbowl to welcome relics of Lebanon's most well-known saint to their new permanent home in Australia. Queues of ...

Charbel Matar says a Lebanese saint saved his life when he was a child. Now, he is among pilgrims of all faiths who visit Saint Charbel's tomb, soon to be graced by Pope Leo XIV. "My family and I have ...

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Pope Leo XIV was greeted by thousands of people in Lebanon during visits to Christian sites on Monday. The head of the Catholic Church first visited the tomb of the country's national saint, Charbel ...

Pope Leo XIV prays in front of the tomb of Saint Charbel Makhlouf at the Monastery of Saint Maroun, in Annaya, Lebanon, Monday. BEIRUT — Pope Leo XIV is in Lebanon on his first visit to the Middle ...

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Charbel Matar says a Lebanese saint saved his life when he was a child. Now, he is among pilgrims of all faiths who visit Saint Charbel's tomb, soon to be graced by Pope Leo XIV. "My family and I have ...

Pilgrims in front of a portrait of Saint Charbel at the monastery of Saint Maron in Lebanon's mountain village of Annaya — Joseph EID Charbel Matar says a Lebanese saint saved his life when he was a ...