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Lebanon Lebanon asks Vatican to help protect threatened Christian villages in the south

Romy Haber/ewtnnews.com: Lebanon is asking the Vatican to stand with Christian villages in the southern part of the country. In recent days, these communities were widely praised across Lebanese and international media after residents chose to remain in their homes despite the dangers around them. Caught between Hezbollah infiltrations and Israeli strikes, villagers insisted on staying in their ancestral lands.   Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi&n ...more

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