Lebanon. Cardinal Raï (Maronite Patriarch): “Hassan Nasrallah’s assassination is a wound in the heart of the Lebanese people”

The Maronite Patriarch Card. Boutros Raï commented on the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during Sunday Mass in the…

Israel-Lebanon: statement by EU and 11 States for immediate ceasefire and diplomatic action. Italy is also a signatory

Father Abboud (Caritas Lebanon): “We fear there could be victims and destruction also within the Christian communities”

The toll from Tuesday’s Israeli air strikes in Lebanon rose to at least 558 dead and 1,835 wounded. Fifty minors,…

Lebanon. Father Marwan, Maronite parish priest in Bouchrieh (Beirut): “The people are afraid. They fear an all-out destruction. Stop!”

“Widespread anxiety prevails. Everyday life is marked by fear, expecting the situation to change from one minute to the next,…

Israel and Hezbollah. Msgr. Nahra (Patriarchal Vicar): “When the war in Gaza will end, so will the hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah”

The Israel-Hezbollah conflict is escalating with increasing intensity. More than 80 Israeli air strikes hit southern and eastern Lebanon early…

Lebanon on the brink of collapse: political vacuum, economic chaos and the nightmare of war

Lebanon, the Land of the Cedars, is facing one of the most dramatic moments in its history. The war with…

Death of Ismail Haniyeh. Bertolotti (Start Insight): “A win for Israel, a temporary setback for Hamas”

The political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, was killed in an Israeli air strike in Tehran on Tuesday night. He…

Lebanon. Fady Noun (Beirut): “Dramatic hours, the ground offensive on Gaza is the critical factor”

“These are dramatic hours” in Lebanon too. “The decisive question today is the attack on Gaza. If Israel launches a…

Lebanon. Fr. Abboud (Caritas): “We live from day to day”

The situation in Lebanon, plagued by the most serious economic and political crisis of the past 30 years, is deteriorating…

Pope Francis: “Lebanon is, and must remain, a project of peace”

Pope Francis concluded the Day of Prayer and Reflection for Lebanon from St Peter’s Basilica with a powerful message for…

Lebanese crisis. Fr Abboud (Caritas): “Yesterday’s benefactors are today’s poor.” Feelings of gratitude to Pope Francis

Next July 1st Pope Francis will receive the leaders of Lebanon’s Christian communities in the Vatican, “for a day of…