At the start of his visit to Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV on Sunday called for renewed commitment to peace and reconciliation in war-torn country, urging Lebanese citizens to stay in their crisis-stricken homeland while urging political leaders to acts as β€œpeacemakers”.

The pope, bearing what he described as a message of peace, had previously visited TΓΌrkiye, where he kicked off his first overseas tour since being elected leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics in May.

Long hailed as a model of coexistence, multi-confessional Lebanon is nonetheless plagued by sectarian and political rifts, and has seen waves of

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