The Pope’s visit to Lebanon is awaiting the official announcement from the Vatican

The preparations for Pope Luna fourteen visit to Lebanon are intensified, and the official Lebanon is awaiting a statement from the Vatican in the coming days to confirm the visit and set its date as the information indicates that it will happen on November 30, 1 and 2 December unless there is any change from the Vatican on the date.

And Al -Nahar wrote: Until now, nothing is officially yet on the level of Pope Luna, the fourteenth of Lebanon. Every talk about the dates of the visit or about a specific program or a Lebanese prepared for this event has not yet been placed on the final and confirmed touches.
With this atmosphere, the head of the Catholic Center for Media, Father Abdo Abu Kassem, summarizes all the information that accompanies the upcoming visit and is not confirmed to this day.
He says: “Nothing is settled yet. All that is said is just a“ information ”information, and the official confirmed information from the relevant sources may soon be announced to determine the timing of the visit and its program. It may crystallize in the middle of next week.
He reveals that this type of visits is preceded by a great preparation, and the way to announce the program is in the form of a press conference in front of the whole public, indicates that “everything that accompanies this until the hour is not official.”
It is reported that the visit may be at the end of next November, and that there is a program that prepares for the Pope, starting from the Republican Palace and passes the mass or meeting that the Pope usually holds in Bazilik, the lady of Lebanon, in a keen to meet the Lebanese youth, ending with the central mass that is held in the heart of Beirut.
All of these details are only ideas, and they may be reproduced ideas from the previous visits to the chapters who have previously visited Lebanon. Therefore, all of this news cannot be until the hour a detailed program to visit Pope Luna XIV.
Historical visits
While the circles in Lebanon and the Vatican are still awaiting the possibility of this visit, “Al -Nahar” sheds light on the previous visits to the passes in the past years.
Perhaps not many in the number, but it has always had great symbolism at the national and political levels and even for Lebanese youth and Christian youth.
In 1964, it was the first visit of Pope Paul VI on December 2, 1964, but this visit was shortened only at Beirut Airport, as the Pope stopped in Lebanon on his way to Bombay.
Its year, Lebanese President Charles Helou received him on the airport, and was accompanied by Lebanese popular delegations that wanted to salute the Pope even for hours.
In 1997, the historical visit of Pope John Paul II was for Lebanon, specifically on May 10 and 11 of it.
Pope John had a distinctive relationship with Lebanon, as he previously sent the Lebanese a message in 1984, when the semi -normal wars were still ravaged by their land.
After that, he did not hesitate to make Lebanon in its heart and its prayers, in more than one articulated station that the country went through.
In 1997, his historical visit, which was more than spiritual, was achieved. During it, the Pope issued the Apostolic Guidance “New please for Lebanon.” It is he who was keen to give the character of “Lebanon – the message”, to confirm that this small country in its area is great in its coexistence and respect for pluralism.
Its year, he was received in the Republican Palace during the era of President Elias Al -Hrawi, and he celebrated his birthday there. We cannot mention the visit of Pope John Paul II without referring to the message he addressed to the Lebanese youth, calling them to “demolish the walls of fear”, at a time when Lebanon was still under the rule of Syrian guardianship and security hegemony.
In September 2012, Pope Benedict XVI visited Lebanon between 14 and 16 September to present the Apostolic Guidance in the Middle East. He welcomed him warmly, Michel Suleiman, and held a central mass in the capital, Beirut.