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Pope Leo is on the final day of his visit to Lebanon.

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The Pope has been paying his respects earlier at the site of the 2020 port explosion and is holding a mass for more than 120,000 people in Beirut.

Huge crowds, as you can see, have gathered and there's been a focus on bringing together people, people from all the different communities in Lebanon.

Well, our Middle east correspondent, Hugo Bochega spoke to me earlier from Beirut.

So this is the last day of this three day visit by the Pope to Lebanon.

And the highlight of the day and of this trip is the mass that's being held right now on the waterfront, the iconic waterfront here in Beirut with tens of thousands of people, including the country's leaders, the President, who is a Christian.

Because of the divisions of power here in Lebanon, the President always comes from the Christian community.

The Prime Minister, who is a Sunni Muslim, and the speaker of Parliament, who is a Shia Muslim.

So this gives you an idea of how religiously diverse this country is.

Thankfully, after two days of very heavy rain, it's been a relatively warm, dry morning here in Beirut.

There is heavy security in place here in the city.

The streets have been closed and obviously huge crowds have descended on the waterfront to join the Pope on this final big event after three days of his visit to Lebanon.

Now, earlier today, we saw some emotional scenes as the Pope held a silent prayer at the site of the explosion five years ago, the port explosion that devastated parts of Beirut.

He met some relatives of the victims of the port.

You could see, you know, the grain silos there, partially destroyed.

For many Lebanese, this is the symbol of the many crises that have engulfed this country in recent years.

A huge economic crisis, political paralysis, corruption and mismanagement and obviously conflict.

This visit happens at a difficult moment for Lebanon, with fears of more violence, of another escalation in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the Shia Muslim militia and political party.

There is a ceasefire here in Lebanon, but

Israel has continued to attack Hezbollah, saying that the group is trying to rearm.

And at the heart of the message that the Pope has brought to Lebanon is a message of peace, coexistence, unity.

And this is very much what the Pope has been saying in his final hours here in Lebanon.

He's been urging the Lebanese to come together, to not leave the country, but

saying that huge numbers of Lebanese have left the country in recent years because of the challenges, because of the problems here.

And so again, the final day of this visit that has been framed here in Lebanon as an important national moment.

I was going to ask about that because the news agency is reporting around 150,000 people at the Beirut mass.

And I just wondered, obviously it's been, you know, very significant for those who are Christians, but

for the wider population, is this also been something that they have seen as a moment to celebrate this visit?

And I mean, obviously this is very significant for the Christian population here.

A third of Lebanon's population is Christian.

But as I said, this is a religiously diverse country and I think a lot of people have been following this visit and the, the POP has been addressing the divisions and the tensions here in this country.

Again, he's been urging the population, the country's leaders to come together to try to solve this country's problems.

I think it was very symbolic that yesterday one of the key events of the day was the inter religious event that happened in Martyr Square here in Beirut.

The square was located on the green line that divided Beirut during the civil war, separating the western side of the city, which is mainly Muslim, from the eastern side of Beirut, which is mainly Christian.

So again, exposing how religiously diverse this country is.

So an important moment for Lebanon during the visit, Hugo Bochega there for us in Beirut.

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