Pope Leo XIV challenged Lebanon’s political leaders on Sunday to be true peacemakers and put their differences aside, as he sought to give Lebanon’s long-suffering people a message of hope and bolster a crucial Christian community in the Middle East. (AP Video/Ali Sharafeddine)

Addressing some 400 government officials at his first public engagement in Beirut, the pope said Lebanon needs "authorities and institutions that recognize the common good as superior to the particular.

Pope Leo XIV, arriving in Lebanon, has challenged the nation's political leaders to be true peacemakers and put their differences aside at a fraught moment for the country.