"Huge Crowds Attend Open-Air Papal Mass In Beirut"

[mdgspencer]

400,000 came to the Papal mass in Lebanon, in a region where the Pope’s visit meant a great deal to the Christians indeed.
see www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=21056

 

[scameter18]

Truly amazing. The Holy Father is such a wonderful catalyst of peace and a voice of solidarity in the wilderness of the modern world.

 

[GraceSofia]

Who else can draw hundreds of thousands of people and have it all go off peacefully?

There are some impressive photos here from the Maronite Patriarchy.
picasaweb.google.com/112169770651060026668/PopeVisit_Day3_1692012?noredirect=1#5788751597840401682

 

[Dale_M]

There are some impressive photos here from the Maronite Patriarchy.
picasaweb.google.com/112169770651060026668/PopeVisit_Day3_1692012?noredirect=1#5788751597840401682

A couple standouts

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[Dale_M]

And a bit of frivolity at the youth rally which was held at Bkerke in Harissa near Beirut

http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/files/2012/09/beirut-pope-3.jpg
blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2012/09/16/voices-of-mideast-christians-and-muslims-about-pope-benedicts-visit-to-beirut-pix/

 

[Qwikness]

Are you sure he was there? I haven’t heard anything about it on yahoo or MSN.

 

[gus]

A Western Leader going into a Moslem country and delivering a message of peace before 400,000 peaceful people.
In one of the worse weeks of anti-west sentiment in the mid-east in years
That’s not news,
The courage of that man dwarfs his ditractors

 

[Crescentinus]

These crowds make the Occupy protests look tiny.

 

[Dale_M]

Are you sure he was there? I haven’t heard anything about it on yahoo or MSN.

Pope makes peace appeal at open-air Mass in Beirut
news.yahoo.com/pope-makes-peace-appeal-open-air-mass-beirut-081130318.html?_esi=1

Pope urges Arab leaders to work for peace in raging Middle East
news.yahoo.com/pope-urges-christians-peacemakers-middle-east-082959781.html?_esi=1

Pope calls for religious freedom in Middle East
news.yahoo.com/pope-calls-religious-freedom-middle-east-094633249.html?_esi=1

Pope says import of arms to Syria a “grave sin”
news.yahoo.com/pope-visits-lebanon-amid-syria-war-libya-protest-075018882.html?_esi=1

Pope never considered canceling delicate Lebanon visit
news.yahoo.com/pope-never-considered-canceling-delicate-lebanon-visit-172633772.html?_esi=1

 

[GraceSofia]

A Western Leader going into a Moslem country and delivering a message of peace before 400,000 peaceful people.
In one of the worse weeks of anti-west sentiment in the mid-east in years
That’s not news,
The courage of that man dwarfs his ditractors

While it is true in one sense that he is a Western leader, in another it is not. He is the leader of the Universal Church which encompasses many “Easterners.”

This is one of my personal favourites, Muslim women welcoming the Pope:

fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/325687_355348357882736_794289648_o.jpg

Sorry, I can’t figure out how to post it directly on the forum.

 

[yukonbrad]

A Western Leader going into a Moslem country and delivering a message of peace before 400,000 peaceful people.
In one of the worse weeks of anti-west sentiment in the mid-east in years
That’s not news,
The courage of that man dwarfs his ditractors

Lebanon is split between christian and muslim. Part of the problem is the fighting for decades between christian and muslim as well as with its neighbor Israel.

 

[Qwikness]

Thanks Dale. I never saw them.

 

[1AugustSon7]

Great pics Dale.

 

[jeannetherese]

Great pics Dale.

Worth 1,000 words.