Pope Benedict XVI characterized his nearing trip to Beirut, Lebanon -- right next door to Syria's civil war -- as a pilgrimage for peace for the entire Middle East region and its anguished people, the Washington Times website reports today (September 10, 2012).
Benedict told pilgrims at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo near Rome yesterday that while finding solutions for the Middle East's problems seems difficult, people "shouldn't resign themselves to violence or worsening tensions."
He noted that during his three-day visit to the Lebanese capital -- which begins September 14 -- he would meet with Lebanese authorities as well as Christians from Lebanon and other nearby countries.
"My apostolic voyage in Lebanon, and by extension in the Middle East in its entirety, comes under the sign of peace," Benedict said.
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