Homilies & Writings

Meeting of His Holiness Benedict XVI with journalists during the flight to Lebanon
Welcoming ceremony at the Beirut-Rafic Hariri
Visit to St. Paul's Basilica in Harissa and the signing of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation
Ecclesia in Medio Oriente: Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the Church in the Middle East: Communion and Witness
Meeting with members of the government, institutions of the Republic, the diplomatic corps, religious leaders and representatives of the world of culture
Luncheon with the Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon, members of the Special Council for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops and the papal entourage
Meeting with the youth in the square across from the Maronite Patriarchate of Bkerké
Holy Mass and the presentation of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation for the Middle East at the Beirut City Center Waterfront
Presentation of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation for the Middle East at the Beirut City Center Waterfront
Recitation of the Angelus
Ecumenical Meeting in the Hall of Honor of the Syro-Catholic Patriarchate of Charfet
Departure ceremony at the Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport