Church aid leader: Lebanese Christians don’t want mere survival, they want to ‘truly live’

Church aid leader: Lebanese Christians don’t want mere survival, they want to ‘truly live’

"Christians stay and live in a kind of constant siege," with many refusing to leave because they fear departure would mean permanent exile.

In midst of Israel-Hezbollah war, Lebanese Christians fear for lives, future in region - The Dialog

By Katarzyna Szalajko, OSV News As fighting between Israel and Hezbollah continues and Lebanon’s economic crisis deepens, many Christians in the land of cedars no longer believe they have a future in the region. Catholic aid workers warn that entire communities risk disappearing from the Middle East. Father Jan Zelazny, director of the Polish section of the pontifical charity Aid to the Church in Need, met Christian communities as he traveled th…