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After Pope Leo met with Catholic worshippers in Lebanon five years after the Beirut port blast, he urged the U.S. against an incursion into Venezuela, calling for diplomatic or economic alternatives. NBC News' Molly Hunter reports from Beirut on the pontiff's visit and his comments around the United States' involvement in Venezuela.
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Pope Leo XIV demanded justice for the more than 200 victims of the disaster, at the end of his three-day visit to Lebanon.
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The Beirut port explosion and the economic collapse that followed led some Maronite Catholics to leave Lebanon. Pope Leo's Lebanon visit has renewed hope.
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Pope Leo XIV ended his first overseas papal trip with prayers at Beirut's devastated port and a Mass attended by 150,000 worshippers in a country desperate for signs of hope amid fear of renewed war.
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A waterfront Mass in the Lebanese capital capped the pope's three-day visit to the Middle Eastern nation with the largest proportion of Christians.
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