10K views · 476 reactions | On October 19, at St. Peter’s Square in the Vatican, a historic canonization ceremony took place, presided over by Pope Leo XIV. The event honored Archbishop Ignatius Maloyan, an Armenian clergyman who was martyred in 1915 during the Armenian Genocide, along with six other blessed individuals. Read full story on TheArmenianReport.com | The Armenian Report | Facebook

Catholics, Muslims and Druze are known to have a devotion to St. Charbel, who answers the prayers of all who call on him with sincere faith. Pope Leo visited the shrine of St. Charbel Makhlouf, the "miracle monk" of Lebanon credited with the most documented miracles of any saint. Among registered miraculous healings is that of Sunni Muslim Yasine Nidal Jaber, healed of shoulder paralysis after applying St. Charbel oil (oil soaked in the relics of St. Charbel). Five-year-old Muslim Rahaf Al Halab

Saint Charbel Makhlouf, a Lebanese Maronite monk and priest renowned for his holiness and miracles, spent 18 years in prayer and meditation in a cave in his native village of Bekaa Kafra, Lebanon, before entering the monastery. The Latin Church celebrates his feast day on July 24, while the Maronite Church observes it on the third Sunday of July (July 21 this year). The three-day feast is marked by prayer, reflection, and seeking his intercession, culminating in a Eucharistic procession at St. M