Lebanon

Church-run camp in Lebanon sees God in face of the disabled
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- Aug 19, 2016
The Order of Malta in Lebanon brings together disabled people from institutional settings and volunteers to spend a week together at a camp where each disabled “guest” is paired with a volunteer, with the camp’s motto being “Our guests are our lords, and we are here to serve them.”
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ISIS suicide bombers hit Christian village in Lebanon
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- Jun 29, 2016
A predominantly Christian village in northeastern Lebanon is under assault by ISIS suicide bombers, sparking fears that the Syrian civil war is spilling into the country, and Christian leaders in the area are calling on the government to offer protection.
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US official warns ‘door for Christians in Iraq is closing’
- Church, Global Church
- May 26, 2016
ROME— A U.S. government official visiting Rome on Monday said that as a result of Islamic terrorist groups such as ISIS, the “door for Christians in Iraq is closing” and the window of time to prevent their eradication is narrowing. “I feel a sense of urgency, because Christians are leaving
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Education, trauma counseling key to helping Syrian refugees
- Catholic News Service, Church
- Apr 20, 2016
ZAHLE, Lebanon — On a rainy spring day, the misery of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees is compounded as they shelter in dilapidated shanties dotting a long muddy swathe of the verdant Bekaa Valley. Colorful plastic sheeting, advertising cameras and cosmetics, bundle the creaky structures like unusual parcels stacked
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Demagoguery and faith
- Faith
- Nov 20, 2015
The Paris bombings last Friday re-opened memories and wounds — of the 1993 World Trade Center bomb attack that came within seconds of killing my brother and of the Boston Marathon bombings two years ago, among others. This past Sunday, just two days after the attacks in Paris, I arrived
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