Pray for Lebanon, pray for peace
The Catholic World News reports on the Maronite Patriarch’s request for prayers for Lebanon.
Patriarch Nassrallah Pierre Sfeir, the head of the Maronite Catholic Church, asked for prayers for the people of Lebanon during a July 13 press conference in Massachusetts.
The Maronite patriarch, Lebanon’s most prominent Church leader, spoke to reporters as he concluded a trip to the US, during which he sought to increase awareness of his country’s problems. Thanking American leaders for their support, he said that “the Lebanese are determined to live far from terrorism, tyranny, corruption, and despair.”
Saying that he is “very concerned and anxious” for Lebanon in the light of this week’s new violence, Cardinal Sfeir condemned “all aggression, wherever it comes from.”
He continued: “”We condemn Israel’s recent retaliations against Lebanon’s people and infrastructure. We also hope that Hezbollah will finally lay down its arms and join the other citizens of Lebanon in reaching political solutions to all of the Lebanese problems.”
By the way, do not try to connect to the Maronite Patriarchate’s website, like all Lebanese websites it is down.
why is the website down? does our government have anything to do with it?
Because Israel is bombing Lebanon’s infrastructure (power supply, transmission lines, communications). They are probably attacking Lebanon’s ISP and webhosts as well via DoS attacks.