Meeting Pope Leo today, Lebanon’s president thanked the Pontiff for his support of the nation and asked him to back Lebanon’s goal of a “complete Israeli withdrawal from occupied Lebanese territory”.
Leo XIV met with President Joseph Aoun for the fourth time on August 20, as the Pope hosted the Lebanese President at the Vatican for a private audience. The pair have met previously at the Vatican twice, and then most extensively during Leo’s apostolic voyage to Turkey and Lebanon in November and December last year.
