‘Our presence is our mission’: Redemptorists from India remain in war-weary Lebanon

Many Catholic families are among the more than 1 million people who have taken flight to escape Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, many of them seeking in Beirut – Lebanon’s capital – which has also been hit by Israeli strikes.

As the war continues, three Indian Redemptorist priests continue their mission in Lebanon.

“Each explosion shakes our own house, breaks our windows, and reminds us that we too are part of this war,” said Redemptorist Father Binoy Mandapathil...