00:00Pope Leo XIV expressed support to the people of southern Lebanon as he referenced the ongoing conflict there during his farewell speech at the Beirut airport, wrapping up the first foreign trip of his pontificate.
00:14Christians in the south had been disappointed that his visit did not include a visit to their areas, which were battered by last year's war between Israel and Hezbollah and are still the target of regular Israeli airstrikes.
00:30As Lebanon copes with years of economic and political crises, Pope Leo XIV sought to bring
00:58a message of peace but also justice, characterized by his visit to the blast site of the deadly 2020 port explosion.
01:06In a prayer, he urged the country's political leaders to pursue the truth as a means of peace and reconciliation in the country.
01:14On Monday, he presided over a gathering of Lebanon's Christian and Muslim spiritual leaders,
01:19celebrating the country's interfaith coexistence as another message of peace in the conflict-plagued region.
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