POLITICAL CRISIS —
di Michele Zanzucchi
The very serious economic and political crisis might be more impactful than the Coronavirus: Lebanon announced sovereign default in March…
MIDDLE EAST —
di Daniele Rocchi
Lebanon is on the verge of a very serious economic crisis. Accounts from Beirut report of people queuing at ATMs…
Protests —
di Michele Zanzucchi, from Beirut
The protests in Lebanon are ongoing. Young people, old people, even children took to the streets. It’s a united, non-partisan…
War —
di Daniele Rocchi
“Peace be upon you! Christians together for the Middle East”: is the motto of Pope Francis’ visit to Bari for…
War in Syria —
di Daniele Rocchi
The visit of a delegation of Italian Caritas dioceses to a Syrian refugee camp in the Bekaa valley, Lebanon. The…
Solidarity —
di Daniele Rocchi
The cedar and the olive tree: these trees linked to the biblical tradition give the name to two centres, “Cedar”…
MIDDLE EAST —
Bishops —
Refugees —
WYD and the Middle East —
di Daniele Rocchi
From Beirut, from Jerusalem, from Gaza, from Amman, from Bethlehem, from Haifa, from Baghdad, from Erbil, from Aleppo: all of…
WYD and the Middle East —
di Daniele Rocchi
From Beirut, from Jerusalem, from Gaza, from Amman, from Bethlehem, from Haifa, from Baghdad, from Erbil, from Aleppo: all of…
Ecumenical solidarity —
di M. Chiara Biagioni
A delegation of the Catholic Church and of Moscow’s Patriarchate will be in Lebanon and Syria to examine a set…