{"id":226796,"date":"2025-11-26T19:29:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T18:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.fundacioncarf.org\/?p=226796"},"modified":"2025-11-27T11:54:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T10:54:05","slug":"visita-libano-turquia-papa-leon-xiv-esperanza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.fundacioncarf.org\/en\/visita-libano-turquia-papa-leon-xiv-esperanza\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abThe Pope's visit to Lebanon will bring hope\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Father Christian Hallak<\/strong>, a Maronite priest from the diocese of Beirut who is studying at the Ecclesiastical Faculties of the University of Navarre<\/a> Thanks to the partners, benefactors, and friends of the CARF Foundation, he is fully confident that Pope Leo XIV's visit to his country, after passing through Turkey, will fill his people with hope and optimism for the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Message of hope and unity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

His gaze conveys both nostalgia for returning to his homeland and the responsibility to continue on. forming<\/a> to return one day to better serve his country. From Spain, he eagerly follows every news item about Pope Leo XIV's visit to Turkey and Lebanon from November 27 to December 2. \u00abThe Pope's visit will bring much hope.<\/strong>\u00bb he states with conviction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a bleak outlook for his country, the Pope's voice will be, according to him, a prophetic voice<\/strong>, which will remind the country of five essential things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The firmness of the hope <\/strong>even in the dark.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. The responsibility <\/strong>shared between Christians and Muslims to protect and sustain the homeland.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The importance of applying justice <\/strong>and accountability to heal society.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. The need for the international community<\/strong> Do not abandon Lebanon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. That Lebanon is more than a country, it is a message of coexistence, as Saint John Paul II said.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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