00:06French President Emmanuel Macron met for the first time with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Friday for a
00:12private audience.
00:15Macron and the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics were due above all to discuss the resolution of
00:21the crisis in the Middle East,
00:23with a particular focus on Lebanon, where deadly Israeli strikes threatened a two-weeks-long ceasefire between the U.S.
00:30and Iran.
00:33Pope Leo XIV has visited Lebanon last year as part of his first trip abroad and has repeatedly prayed for
00:40the victims of the conflict.
00:44Both Macron and the Chicago-born Pantiff have spoken out against U.S. President Donald Trump over the Iran war
00:51and urged for a diplomatic solution to the conflict.
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