Lebanon
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Lebanon’s Catholic leaders seek help; here’s where to donate
By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
Published August 11, 2020Catholic agencies are accepting donations to help the citizens of Lebanon following the devastating Aug. 4 port explosions in Beirut.
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Lebanon strains under weight of refugees
By DOREEN ABI RAAD, Catholic News Service
Published January 21, 2016BEIRUT (CNS)—While the flow of migrants into Europe and the West has sparked controversy, Lebanon continues to bear the brunt of absorbing massive numbers of refugees. A commonly cited figure is that one in four people in Lebanon is displaced from Syria. “They are everywhere … in all of Lebanon,” Father Paul Karam, president of […] Full Story
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CNEWA officials look at long-range needs of Lebanon’s refugees
By DOREEN ABI RAAD, Catholic News Service
Published February 5, 2015BEIRUT (CNS)—Officials of a pontifical aid agency said they saw much that needed to be done in Lebanon—if they could get beyond crisis mode. Economically strapped Lebanon is now hosting more than 1.5 million refugees—mostly Syrians—putting a strain on the country’s infrastructure and resources for its existing population of around 4 million people. “So much […] Full Story
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‘It pierced my heart like a knife,’ nun says after visit to Iraqis
By DOREEN ABI RAAD, Catholic News Service
Published September 18, 2014BEIRUT (CNS)—Sister Marie Claude Naddaf, provincial leader of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd for Lebanon and Syria, is still shaken by what she witnessed visiting Irbil, Iraq. Representing the Union of the Superior Generals of women religious in Lebanon, Sister Marie Claude accompanied Catholic Near East Welfare Association on its Sept. 2-5 mission to […]