Tag: Lebanon
Israeli soldiers punished after desecration of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon
An Israeli soldier has been sentenced to 21 days of military detention for placing a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the...
Pope Leo XIV encourages priests in southern Lebanon during surprise video...
AMMAN, Jordan -- Lebanese Catholic priests serving in the south of the country near the border with Israel said they were overjoyed to discover...
Photo of Israeli soldier desecrating Virgin Mary statue sparks outrage in...
Outrage has grown as a photo surfaced of an Israeli soldier desecrating a statue of the Virgin Mary in Lebanon. Concerns are mounting about...
Catholic leaders condemn desecration of Jesus statue by Israeli soldier: ‘Grave...
Catholic leaders in the Holy Land expressed their "unreserved condemnation" after a picture of an Israeli soldier striking the head of a statue of...
Archbishop Paolo Borgia, apostolic nuncio to Lebanon, says war ‘is not...
As the death toll in Lebanon continues to rise following devastating strikes by the Israeli military, the Vatican's representative in the country said the...
Choose the way of peace, Pope Leo XIV says as he...
BEIRUT -- Pope Leo XIV ended his stay in Lebanon with what he termed "a heartfelt appeal: may the attacks and hostilities cease."
"We must...
Pope Leo XIV tells reporters dialogue is always the answer to...
LEBANON -- At the end of his first foreign trip as pope, a trip focused on dialogue, Pope Leo XIV said the examples of...
First pontiff to go to Maronite St. Charbel’s tomb, Pope Leo...
In the Mount Lebanon region of Jbeil, perched on top of a hill at an altitude of 1,200 meters, from where in the distance...
Love without fear, Pope Leo XIV tells Lebanese church workers at...
HARISSA, Lebanon -- At a shrine topped by a 28-foot-tall statue of Our Lady of Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV listened to stories of unshakable...
Pope Leo XIV urges Lebanese not to give up on peace:...
BEIRUTĀ -- Acknowledging the existence of "circumstances that are highly complex, conflictual and uncertain," Pope Leo XIV arrived in Lebanon preaching peace.
Just a week...










