While procedures are being put in place for Syrians to return to their war-torn country from neighboring Lebanon, the refugee crisis continues to linger and remains largely unchanged, a Caritas Lebanon official said.
Doreen Abi Raad - Catholic News Service
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Kids of Armenian descent experience summertime beacon of hope in Beirut
Held in a school, the seven-week day camp combines sports, games, art and activities such as cooking, music and dance with a mix of instruction in nutrition, hygiene, math, English and Bible study.
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Provincial says Carmelite nuns in Aleppo live in ‘heroic situation’
In seven years of civil war, the Discalced Carmelites convent has suffered many food, water and electricity shortages, seen its windows shattered and a surrounding wall destroyed.
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Middle East Catholic patriarchs express hope amid uncertainty at Christmas
“This is our homeland and we insist (we) remain here.”
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Lebanese Catholic prelates urge world leaders to stop Middle East wars
Catholic leaders in Lebanon urged the international community to stop wars and bring peace to the Middle East.
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‘We are bridge builders’: Maronite Catholic youth gather in Lebanon
Nearly 500 young people from other countries joined 1,000 Maronite Catholic youths from Lebanon for World Maronite Youth Days.
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In Christmas messages, Middle East patriarchs call for peace amid Christian persecution
Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of Maronite Catholics, appealed to the international community to work to end terrorism “that is killing and displacing families and depriving them of their rights and dignities.”
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Chaldean patriarch appeals to Iraqi leaders to work for reconciliation
“We urge all Iraqi politicians to adopt wisdom and quietness.”
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Lebanon strains under weight of refugees, but keeps accepting them
There are no formal refugee camps in Lebanon. Rather, some Syrians establish informal tent settlements. Others find ways to rent space in apartments or squat in abandoned buildings.
As of November, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees calculated there were nearly 1.1 million registered refugees living in Lebanon.
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Syriac Catholic bishops call for diplomacy to achieve peace in Syria, Iraq
Syriac Catholic bishops, meeting in Lebanon during their annual synod, called for a diplomatic solution to achieve peace in Syria and Iraq.In a statement released at the conclusion of the synod, the bishops pleaded for an end to the civil was in Syria, now in its fifth year and urged countries&mdash