More than 3,000 al-Mahdi scouts gathered on the road of Beirut’s southern suburbs to greet the pope. This may be just a detail in Pope Leo XIV’s three-day visit to Lebanon, which was full of intense moments. Yet, it is worth being analyzed as it comes at a particularly delicate time for the country and for Hezbollah.In a first for Lebanon’s papal visits, Hezbollah sent its young scouts to greet the papal convoy — a gesture never seen during the visits of John Paul II in 1997 or Benedict XVI in 2012.This move was widely covered by the media, especially in the West, which highlights the remarkable impact of Hezbollah mobilizing its young Shiite followers to welcome the Catholic Pope. But what message did the party really want to send? From today Between Beirut and Tel Aviv, direct negotiations, for now, push away the specter of war ...
More than 3,000 al-Mahdi scouts gathered on the road of Beirut’s southern suburbs to greet the pope. This may be just a detail in Pope Leo XIV’s three-day visit to Lebanon, which was full of intense moments. Yet, it is worth being analyzed as it comes at a particularly delicate time for the country and for Hezbollah.In a first for Lebanon’s papal visits, Hezbollah sent its young scouts to greet the papal convoy — a gesture never seen during the visits of John Paul II in 1997 or Benedict XVI in 2012.This move was widely covered by the media, especially in the West, which highlights the remarkable impact of Hezbollah mobilizing its young Shiite followers to welcome the Catholic Pope. But what message did the party really want to send? From today Between Beirut and Tel Aviv, direct negotiations, for now, push away the specter of...
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