{"id":47987,"date":"2025-12-02T10:09:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/?p=47987"},"modified":"2025-12-02T12:44:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:44:02","slug":"watch-video-highlights-of-pope-leos-trip-to-the-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/2025\/12\/watch-video-highlights-of-pope-leos-trip-to-the-middle-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Video Highlights of Pope Leo’s Trip to the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\"\" — Pope Leo. Source: Wikimedia Commons, share and share alike.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
As I was looking for the video about Pope Leo\u2019s prayer intention for this month of December, I found wonderful videos of our Holy Father\u2019s recent trip to the Middle East. He is the right pope for this time. As usual, the Holy Spirit knew what it was doing.<\/p>\n
It means so much to know that God has given us a Church that will speak out against injustice and cruelty all over the world. It increases my trust in the Church and makes me proud to be Catholic.<\/p>\n
Here are a few of these videos. I hope they inspire and comfort you as much as they do me.<\/p>\n
Pope Leo, delivers a powerful speech in Lebanon.<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo says mass in Beirut Lebanon at bombing site.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pope Leo XIV in Lebanon: Mass in Beirut and Prayer at Port Explosion Site | December 2, 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zBTvFiZBLVU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo attends prayer service at Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LIVE: Pope Leo XIV attends prayer service at Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Turkey\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AOv_Z9wLU0Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pope Leo\u2019s speech to the Christian youth of Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pope Leo XIV's Full Speech at Meeting with Youth in Lebanon | December 1, 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W90DArxC1iw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 As I was looking for the video about Pope Leo\u2019s prayer intention for this month of December, I found wonderful videos of our Holy Father\u2019s recent trip to the Middle East. 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