Pope Leo XIV will pray at the site of the 2020 port blast in Beirut that killed over 200 people during his first foreign visit as pope. The Vatican on Monday released the itinerary of Leo’s Nov. 27-Dec. 2 trip, which also takes him to Turkey to mark an important anniversary with Orthodox Christians. It includes several moments for history’s first American pope to speak about interfaith and ecumenical relations, as well as the plight of Christians in the Middle East and regional tensions overall.Pope Francis had planned to visit both countries but died earlier this year before he could. Leo made clear he intended to keep Francis' commitments.
