Pope to Start ‘Peace Pilgrimage’ to Lebanon Friday

Posted by Kendall Harmon

Pope Benedict XVI will arrive in Lebanon on Friday for a three-day visit that he labeled a "peace pilgrimage" at a time when the region and its people are facing anguish, from war in Syria to violence in Libya.

Ahead of the trip, a senior Vatican official said Thursday he didn't expect the pope to make specific remarks about the violence against U.S. embassies in the area, or the online video that many protesters said had sparked it, during his visit so as not to risk angering the Muslim street and inflaming the crisis.

The trip "was already a minefield. Now a few more mines have been tossed in," the official said.

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