(BBC) Pope celebrates open-air Mass on Beirut seafront
The visit has coincided with anti-US protests across the region over a film deemed insulting to Islam.
The Pope appealed for the crowd to "be peacemakers" and prayed for an end to violence in neighbouring Syria.
"May God grant to your country, to Syria and to the Middle East the gift of peaceful hearts, the silencing of weapons and the cessation of all violence," he said at the end of his Mass.
Read it all.
Filed under: * Christian Life / Church Life • Liturgy, Music, Worship • * Culture-Watch • Religion & Culture • Violence • * International News & Commentary • Middle East • Lebanon • * Religion News & Commentary • Other Churches • Roman Catholic • Pope Benedict XVI
0 Comments
Posted September 16, 2012 at 5:20 am
The URL for this article is http://www.kendallharmon.net/t19/index.php/t19/article/44980/To comment on this article: To article and comments
© 2013 Kendall S. Harmon. All rights reserved.
For original material from Titusonenine (such as articles and commentary by Dr. Harmon) permission to copy and distribute free of charge is granted, provided this notice, the logo, and the web site address are visible on all copies. For permission for use in for-profit publications, please email KSHarmon[at]mindspring[dot]com