Pope Leo XIV comforts 13 priests from southern Lebanon with a surprise video call from Rome
The pontiff told 13 priests he was praying for them and hoped peace would soon return as border villages face ongoing attacks.
- Last year, Pope Leo XIV attempted to update his bank account details by phone, but a customer service representative hung up on him after he answered all security questions correctly.
- Chicago-Born Leo called his former bank to update personal information about two months after his election nearly one year ago, according to his longtime friend, the Rev. Tom McCarthy.
- The representative insisted Leo appear in person to change his details, prompting him to ask, "Would it matter to you if I told you I'm Pope Leo?" McCarthy recounted in a video shared on social media.
- After a priest with connections to the bank president intervened, the bank made an exception to its in-person policy and updated Leo's phone number.
- McCarthy remarked, "Could you imagine being known as the woman who hung up on the Pope?" highlighting the absurdity of the incident despite the eventual resolution.
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Usa newsPope Leo called his bank to change his address and phone number; they hung up on him
Two months into his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV called his bank in South Chicago to change his phone number and address.The former Robert Prevost answered all his security questions posed by the teller, but there was still a problem.To change his phone number and address, he was told he'd have to show up in person.“‘Well, I’m not going to be able to do that,’” said Pope Leo, according to his longtime friend, the Rev. Tom McCarthy, who told the sto…
Pope Leo XIV comforts 13 priests from Lebanon with surprise video call
BEIRUT: Pope Leo XIV surprised 13 priests from southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel, by joining a video call from Rome on Wednesday, telling them they were in his prayers and that he hoped peace would soon prevail along the tense frontier. The Lebanese Catholic and Maronite priests were asked to attend an online morning meeting with the Vatican’s ambassador to
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Lebanese priests overjoyed by a surprise video call from Pope Leo
AMMAN, Jordan (OSV News) — Lebanese Catholic priests serving in the south of the country near the border with Israel said they were overjoyed to discover that a call with Lebanon’s papal nuncio included another special guest on the online visit, Pope Leo XIV. “First, it was a surprise, then it was a great joy,” Lebanese Maronite Catholic parish priest in Rmeich, Father Toni Elias, told OSV News by phone of the encounter with Pope Leo on May 6. ‘…
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