Pope moves from Harissa to Papal Embassy for closed meeting with Catholic Patriarchs
12/1/2025 1:33:00 PM
Pope Leo XIV headed from "Our Lady of Lebanon Basilica" in Harissa to the Papal Embassy for a private meeting with the Catholic Patriarchs.
The meeting includes Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rahi and Catholicos-Patriarch of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholics Raphael Bedros XXI Minassian, as well as Patriarch Youssef Absi, Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and All the East; Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan, Syriac Catholic Patriarch; Patriarch of the Chaldeans; and Patriarch of the Copts.
The main gate of the embassy was closed after the Pope and the Patriarchs entered for their private audience.
The meeting includes Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rahi and Catholicos-Patriarch of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Catholics Raphael Bedros XXI Minassian, as well as Patriarch Youssef Absi, Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and All the East; Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan, Syriac Catholic Patriarch; Patriarch of the Chaldeans; and Patriarch of the Copts.
The main gate of the embassy was closed after the Pope and the Patriarchs entered for their private audience.