Tag: Lebanon

A ceasefire brokered by the US and France between Israel and the Lebanese-based militant group Hezbollah is being welcomed with "profound hope," said Bishop A Elias Zaidan of the Maronite Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon, chairman of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace.

In Lebanon, hospitals and the health care sector have become the front and centre of attention—and an imminent target—following the most recent bout of violence due to heavy clashes in southern Lebanon between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters.

In Sydney’s west, Lebanese Independence Day was marked on 22 November with a ‘journey of peace’ walk from Our Lady of Lebanon Co-Cathedral in Harris Park to St Raymond’s Maronite Catholic parish in Auburn where Mass was offered for Lebanon and the Holy Land.

The Sisters of Our Lady of Good Help are bringing hope and help to war-torn Lebanon. Located in northern Beqaa, Lebanon, the group of 15 sisters from the Melkite Greek Catholic Church are making an impact through their help of the suffering Muslim people in Lebanon.

During the Sunday Angelus prayer, Pope Francis criticised the attack on the blue helmets operating in Lebanon.

As Lebanon plunged into the worst humanitarian crisis in decades, Catholics and other Christians continue their humanitarian outreach to help struggling Lebanese, Syrian refugees and migrant workers displaced by severe Israeli bombardments across the country, ongoing since late September, some of which have also injured Christians.

The heads of the Middle Eastern Churches gathered this week at Beit Maroun Chapel to pray for peace in Lebanon and the world. The event was hosted by Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay.

With war and violence plaguing so many parts of the world, Christians can look to the saints to discover from their example the true meaning of peace, Maronite Auxiliary Bishop Paul Rouhana of Beirut told participants at the Synod of Bishops.

Since Hamas' attack on Israel 7 October, 2023, and the immediate start of the Israel-Hamas war, Pope Francis has provided daily spiritual solace to Gaza Strip's only Catholic parish.

Maronite Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay has called on all faithful to pray for peace, as Israel began a “targeted ground operation” in southern Lebanon on 1 October, following airstrikes that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and other senior commanders in a Beirut bunker on 27 September.

Catholic Church leaders in the Middle East condemned a second wave of explosions of hand-held devices across Lebanon and in the capital, Beirut, apparently targeting the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group.

More than 20 relatives of victims of the 4 August 2020 Beirut port explosion met with Pope Francis at the Vatican, calling for an investigation into the blast that killed more than 200 people and injured another 7000.