Despite history of mutual wariness, rapidly deteriorating economy may finally bring together evangelicals and Catholics in service of society. The value of Lebanon’s largest denomination of lira is ...

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Lebanon was majority-Christian starting from the first century (when Christianity was introduced by figures such as St. Peter ...

BEIRUT, Feb 21, 2010 (AFP) - In a country where 18-year-olds can drive, marry and serve in the army, allowing them to vote would generally be applauded as a boon for democracy. But not so in Lebanon.

BEIRUT (CNS) — The new patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church pledged to work with Muslims, noting that Lebanon is a country of partnership between Muslims and Christians. Patriarch Bechara Rai ...

Christians in Jish village, near Israel's border with Lebanon, have been forced to adjust to the conflict with Hezbollah — jalaa marey The SUVs roll to a halt, the pupils run from the room and hop in, ...

BEIRUT: Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai dismissed any concerns over the future of his church’s community Wednesday, denying recent media reports that he feared for the fate of Lebanon’s Maronites.

There once was a non-Muslim ethnic group in the Middle East that could have formed its own small country with a solid majority and a Western-leaning culture. But it got a little greedy and opted for a ...

In 1989, Pope John Paul II issued an apostolic letter warning that “the disappearance of Lebanon would be one of the world’s greatest sorrows” and that saving it is “one of the most urgent and noble ...

“Lebanon has plenty of freedom, but very little democracy,” the adage goes, suggesting that no one should mistake the holding of parliamentary elections in that country as a democratic exercise. But ...

A native of Beirut, Lebanon, Grace Abi-Nam Shea lives an American life, thanks to her parents moving to Arlington, Virginia, many years ago. They had little education and sparse funds, but family ...

Lebanon is undergoing a crisis, so what’s new? The latest upswing in tension involves choosing a new president for the country, a constitutional act that has to be done through a parliamentary vote by ...