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From September 14 to 16, Pope Benedict travelled to Lebanon. This marks the Pope's first trip to the region since the beginning of the Arab Spring, which has erupted into a civil war in neighbouring Syria. In Beirut, the Holy Father will present his highly-anticipated conclusions from the 2010 Synod of Bishops on the Middle East. Friday, September 1410:00 am ET / 7:00 am PT: Welcoming ceremony at Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport
Repeat: 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT; midnight ET / 9:00 pm PT French: 4:00 pm ET / 1:00 pm PT 11:00 am ET / 8:00 am PT – LIVE: Visit to St. Paul's Basilica in Harissa and signing of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of the Synod of Bishops on the Church in the Middle East Repeat: 9:00 pm ET / 6:00 pm PT; 1:00 am ET / 10:00 pm PT French: 5:00 pm ET / 2:00 pm PT Saturday, September 1510:00 am ET / 7:00 am PT: Meeting with members of the government, institutions of the Republic, the diplomatic corps, religious leaders and representatives of the cultural world at the Presidential Palace in Baabda
Repeat: 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT; midnight ET / 9:00 pm PT French: 3:30 pm ET / 12:30 pm PT 11:00 am ET / 8:00 am PT - LIVE: Meeting with young people in the square across from the Maronite Patriarchate in Bkerké Repeat: 9:00 pm ET / 6:00 pm PT; 1:00 am ET / 10:00 pm PT French: 4:30 pm ET / 1:30 pm PT Sunday, September 167:00 am ET / 10:00 am PT: Holy Mass, recitation of the Angelus, and presentation of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of the Synod of Bishops on the Church in the Middle East at the City Centre Waterfront in Beirut 10:15 am ET / 7:15 am PT – LIVE: Ecumenical meeting in the Hall of Honour of the Syrian Catholic Patriarchate |