Lebanon

Pope Leo urges Lebanese not to give up on peace or each other

Cindy Wooden · December 1, 2025

Acknowledging the existence of "circumstances that are highly complex, conflictual and uncertain," Pope Leo XIV arrived in Lebanon preaching peace.

Visiting the poor in Lebanon was a prayer for Pope Francis, Cardinal Czerny says

Cindy Wooden · February 24, 2025

While Pope Francis was hospitalized in Rome's Gemelli hospital, one of the cardinals closest to him traveled to Lebanon to demonstrate the pope's ongoing concern for refugees and for peace in the Middle East.

Vatican cardinal heads to Lebanon to express pope's solidarity, prayers

Carol Glatz · February 18, 2025

One out of four people living in Lebanon is a refugee, and the majority of children born in refugee camps are unregistered at birth, said Cardinal Michael Czerny, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

New government, ceasefire give Lebanon hope

Catholic charities cautiously optimistic

Susan Korah · February 13, 2025

The election of Joseph Aoun, a Maronite (Eastern-rite Catholic), as the 14th president of Lebanon and a fragile ceasefire have raised hopes that the war-ravaged and crisis-ridden country will finally reverse its steep descent into chaos.

Urgent appeal from Catholic charities for Lebanon’s displaced

Susan Korah · October 16, 2024

As airstrikes continue to pound southern Lebanon, adding one more catastrophe to the avalanche of tragedies that have pushed its people to the limits of human endurance, churches and humanitarian organizations are urgently seeking help from international donors to provide emergency relief to millions fleeing their homes in desperation.

War latest misery for beleaguered Lebanese

Leo Morawiecki · October 16, 2024

As Israel has escalated its campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon across a United Nations-drawn boundary between the two countries, more than a million people have fled their homes.