NOTE: Entries will be late today and briefer than usual.

For now, links to three reports from National Public Radio and Middle East Eye; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (LEBANON 12-1-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  Scroll up for today’s WEST BANK and UKRAINE entries so far.) — MCM

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Pope Leo holds final mass in Lebanon, ending maiden trip to Middle East. Reported by Jane Arraf and Leila Fadel | NPR  Pope Leo ended his first overseas trip today with a Mass along the Beirut waterfront. Click HERE to listen and, later, read, and HERE for report from Middle East Eye.

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FROM DEC. 1  Pope pushes interfaith dialogue in Lebanon, a country once torn by sectarian war, by Ruth Sherlock | NPR  The pope is calling for interfaith harmony in a country still haunted by sectarian divides. Click HERE to listen and read. 

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TO BE CONTINUED