The “Pilgrim of Peace” presses on despite violence – signs Apostolic Exhortation

Listers, here are two articles with full text from the Holy Father’s current pilgrimmage to Lebanon.

Pope arrives in Beirut as a “Pilgram of Peace”

In his arrival speech in Beirut, Pope Benedict XVI said he had “come symbolically to all the countries of the Middle East as a pilgrim of peace, as a friend of God and as a friend of all the inhabitants of all the countries of the region, whatever their origins and beliefs.” Full text below….

Pilgram of Peace signs Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation

Shortly before 6pm this evening, the Holy Father was driven to the Greek-Melkite Basilica of St. Paul in Harissa, just outside Beirut, to sign the post-synodal apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in Medio Oriente – a document summarizing the fruits of the work of the Synod of Bishops on the Church in the Middle East, held in the Vatican in October 2010.