Pope Leo XIV sends message of support to southern Lebanon as he ends 1st foreign trip

By NICOLE WINFIELD, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and BASSEM MROUE
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 offered words of consolation to Lebanon’s people — including in the war-battered south — on the final day of his first overseas trip.
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