Pope Leo XIV prayed silently at the site of the devastating explosion in Beirut's port on August 4, 2020, at the end of his first trip abroad as head of the Roman Catholic Church.
On that trip, he visited Turkey and Lebanon.
Today, he also met with relatives of some of the 218 victims of the explosion that destroyed part of Beirut and caused billions of dollars in damage when hundreds of tons of poorly stored fertilizer - ammonium nitrate - exploded in a warehouse.
No official has been convicted for the negligence that led to the explosion, and the Lebanese are angry that the investigation has been obstructed.
For them, the explosion is just one in a series of crises due to decades of corruption and financial crimes.
Upon arriving in Lebanon on Sunday, the pope urged political leaders to continue their search for truth to achieve peace and reconciliation in the religiously divided country.
The Pope began the last day of his visit with a visit to the "De la Croix" hospital, which specializes in treating people with psychological problems, and ended it with a mass on the coast in Beirut, from where he traveled to Rome.
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