Charbel Matar says a Lebanese saint saved his life when he was a child. Now he is among pilgrims of all faiths who visit Saint Charbel's tomb, soon to be graced by Pope Leo XIV. "We always visit Saint Charbel, we have great faith in him. I almost died when I was five, and he performed a miracle and kept me alive," says the 69-year-old man at the Saint Maron Monastery in Annaya in the mountains of Lebanon's north. In Pope Leo's first trip abroad since becoming head of the Catholic Church, the US-born pontiff will travel to Turkey and Lebanon, arriving in Beirut on November 30 and visiting the Annaya monastery the following day. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES