Pope Benedict Ends His Three-Day Visit To Lebanon

Pope Benedict XVI waves as he boards the plane back to Rome, at Rafik Hariri International airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday Sept. 16, 2012. Pope Benedict XVI end his three days visit to Lebanon after he celebrated an open-air mass for tens of thousands of pilgrims from across the Middle East, saying Christians must do their part to end the “grim trail of death and destruction” in the region.

A Lebanese man, attached on his back a portrait of Pope Benedict XVI attends the Holy mass, in the waterfront of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012. <AP Photo/Hussein Malla>

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