Pope appeals for peace at open-air Mass in Beirut

Pope Benedict XVI leads a Mass on the waterfront in Beirut, Lebanon. The pope celebrated an open-air Mass for tens of thousands of pilgrims from across the Middle East on Sunday.
BEIRUT (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI made a sweeping appeal Sunday for peace in Syria and the Middle East, decrying the violence “which generates so much suffering.”
Speaking at an open-air Mass before a huge crowd, he urged the international community and Arab countries i...
Published: 09/17/2012
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