Maronite Christians in Lebanon are caught in the crossfire between Israel and Muslim Hezbollah forces By Christopher Hart-Moynihan Here below, the August 4, 2020 Beirut port explosion, a tragedy from which Lebanon still has not recovered. “There is a big danger all around, and we never know when will be the next strike.” That [...]
Francis Reiterates Appeal for Peace as Conflict Threatens to Spread to Lebanon By Christopher Hart-Moynihan Pope Francis' strong message to the Lebanese at the general audience, September 2, 2020, shortly after the massive and deadly explosion in Beirut harbor on Aigist 4, 2020 (Foto Siciliani-Gennari/SIR) As the Vatican deals with unprecedented controversy and dissension, [...]
Two views of the statue of the Virgin Mary which rises on a hilltop above the coastline of Lebanon, called "Our Lady of Lebanon" (link). The statue is located at the Shrine of Harissa. The shrine is visited daily by hundreds of Lebanese, Christians and Muslims alike. Thus, Mary is for many a true force [...]
Statue of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa, Lebanon. This shrine, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, is visited by many Maronite Catholics and by many Orthodox, but it is also visited by many Muslims of good will who have a devotion to the Blessed Mother. It could become a place from which a new vision [...]
Letter #57, Friday, July 16, 2021: Lebanon: Looking for Hope "May God protect Lebanon." -- Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, after resigning yesterday at the Baabda presidential palace in Lebanon Another Setback as Lebanese Prime Minister Resigns By Christopher Hart-Moynihan Hopes for a speedy resolution to the political and economic crisis in Lebanon took another [...]
Pope Francis appeals for Lebanon during the General Audience on September 2, 2020 (CNS photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters) One month after a massive explosion at a fertilizer storage facility tore through Beirut and reopened Lebanon’s old wounds, Pope Francis expresses his and the Church’s solidarity with the troubled nation and calls for a worldwide [...]
"Ah, let me cross over and see this good land beyond the Jordan, this fine hill country, and the Lebanon!" – Deuteronomy 3:25 Dear friends, I am writing to invite you to join with several dozen other readers of this letter who have become "friends of Lebanon" by donating even a small amount — a [...]
The round circle of water marks the crater left by the explosion. The large building in the middle foreground was not demolished, and to a certain extent, protected the city to the right of that building from a shockwave. A powerful explosion and subsequent shock wave which spread more than six miles killed more [...]
In Rome, prelates prepare to debate the nature of the marital bond, the nature of the family in an age of “familylessness,” at the same time that the family of the faith, the Church, remains divided. The wisdom of Simone. “Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall [...]
