From Lebanon to the world: Maronites beyond borders

Friday, February 9, 2024

Aline Haddad

Learn about the cultural and spiritual heritage of the Maronites, from their roots in Lebanon to the horizons of the world.

St. Charbel: miraculous healer!

Sunday, January 21, 2024

Mireille Haj-Chahine

A mosaic depicting the image of St. Charbel Makhlouf was placed in St. Peter's Basilica on January 19, 2024.

St. Charbel, the heavenly doctor who never stops working!

Friday, December 22, 2023

Mireille Haj-Chahine

Faithful to God, I want to share with those around me the wonder of His glory, through the intercession of St. Charbel the humble servant, to the world that prays to Him.

Beatifications of martyred priests lift Lebanese mired in poverty

Monday, June 6, 2022

Doreen Abi Raad, Catholic News Service

Capuchin Fathers Leonard Melki and Thomas Saleh, two 20th-century Lebanese martyrs, were beatified on June 4 in Jal El Dib, near Beirut.

A Christmas Eve feast in Lebanon | Advent Around the World

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Johnny Abboud

Learn about mezze and meghleh, two staples of a traditional Lebanese Christmas Eve family feast. Warning: Expect to gain weight!

Cardinal Béchara Boutros Raï, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, speaks about the crisis in Lebanon

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Salt + Light Media

Cardinal Béchara Boutros Raï, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, describes the importance of Lebanon to the Middle East and the current crisis.

SLHour Special: Faith in a Time of Crisis:
Refugees, Laudato Si’, and Lebanon

Saturday, August 22, 2020

Salt + Light Media

We continue revisiting earlier conversations: the pandemic's effect on Rohingya refugees, environmental lessons we've learned, and Lebanon's crisis.

Faith in a Time of Crisis: Lebanon in Crisis

Thursday, August 20, 2020

Salt + Light Media

Carl Hétu, National Director for Catholic Near East Welfare Association – Canada, speaks about the situation in Lebanon and the work of CNEWA in the region.

A Catholic Response to the Paris Attacks: Peace as a Work of Penance

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Warren Schmidt

As I begin writing this, one week has passed since the series of terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13. I currently live about 6 km from the scene of the worst of the bloodshed of November 13: the Bataclan concert hall where 89 of the 129 deaths occurred. At about 10:15 that evening, I […]

Make Me a Channel of Your Peace

Saturday, November 21, 2015

Rodney Leung

Nov 13, 2015 — terror attacks in Paris. Nov 12, 2015 — terror attacks in Lebanon. In 2015 — kidnapping, massacres, bombings, suicide attacks, car bombs, mass shootings, hostages taken…… in Nigeria, Cameroon, Mali, Tunisia, Pakistan, Yemen, Egypt, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, China, Philippines, France…around the world. By 13 November, 2015, there have been 289 […]