Lebanon Update “Lebanon’s Christians fought hard and for the most part successfully throughout their own challenging history, and at a great price in terms of blood and resources, to preserve what they could of their freedoms. The greatest service they could render to the rest of the region’s beleaguered Christians would be for them to [...]
Statue of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa, Lebanon. This shrine, a pilgrimage destination for Christians and Muslims alike, could become a place from which a new vision for a peaceful and prosperous Lebanon could emerge. The statue was brought from France in 1908. The cloud from the August 4, 2020 explosion in [...]
Letter #44, Thursday, July 1, 2021: Lebanon in Vatican #2 "Let us recognize that there is no other way to come to the dawn than by passing through the night. And in the night of crisis, all of us need to remain united." --Pope Francis in his address today after meeting with the Christian leaders of [...]
Friends of Lebanon A Project of Unitas Shining the "light of hope" June 30, 2021 Tomorrow, July 1, a summit will take place in Rome between Pope Francis and key religious leaders of Lebanon. The pope will host the Maronite patriarch, Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, the Syro-Catholic patriarch, Ignace Youssif III Younan, the Chaldean bishop [...]
Above, the moment of the terrible explosion on the evening of Tuesday, August 4, 2020, in Beirut, Lebanon. The massive explosion unleashed a terrific shock wave that traveled outward for 6 miles, knocking out windows, killing more than 150, and wounding thousands. Above, two different views of the explosion, one a close-up, and one from [...]
