Today the only Christians in the Arabian Peninsula are migrants, and the pope’s visit is a cause of great joy for them.

A Saudi Arabia-led coalition, of which the U.A.E. is a member, has so far not respected international accords to help end a crisis in which 10 million people risk starvation.

"The whole world meets here in a way," said the Rev. Lennie Connully, the parish priest of St. Mary's. "We have people from all over."

At a midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity, Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa addressed a packed house of worshippers and dignitaries.

Several Mideast-based Christians working on the Syria crisis have joined a growing chorus about U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pull some 2,000 American troops from Syria.

Nadine Labaki’s new film is set amid the supreme chaos of current-day Beirut.