Lebanese Maronite Catholic priest killed by Israeli tank fire in southern Lebanon

[JBTaurus83]

Source: National Catholic Reporter

A Lebanese Maronite Catholic priest has been killed in southern Lebanon when an Israeli artillery tank fired on a house March 9, Catholic officials and media said reports that have since been confirmed by OSV News.

Fr. Pierre al-Rahi, also known by his French name Pierre el-Raï, had earlier refused, along with other priests, to obey an order by the Israeli military to evacuate the Christian village of Qlayaa, a Maronite village of some 8,000 inhabitants in the Marjayoun district, a few miles from the Israeli border.



Read more: https://www.ncronline.org/news/lebanese-maronite-catholic-priest-killed-israeli-tank-fire-southern-lebanon

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"Very disturbing reports that a parish priest in southern Lebanon has been killed in an Israeli strike," Aid to the Church in Need Ireland said in a statement on X, adding al-Rahi "was ministering to his distressed parishioners in the village" when the attack occurred.

I’m sure he must have been an anti-semitic terrorist….

[mahina]

1. Tears. Nightmare. We can not be part of this horror

One moment more. NO MORE!
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[Fla Dem]

4. WHY!! What did Israel have against this beautiful area in Lebanon?

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Marjayoun,+Lebanon/@33.3594755,35.5889282,3a,75y/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sCIHM0ogKEICAgICOy4aLdw!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgps-cs-s%2FAHVAweqObqLvPIPP1cGsTo7_0aKLCJdXNvBVBFwe13e-lkJVran8__STePAOHEzDu8PLLzigyItumyhVo4MR2d7riwT4Zd4VD7kljC79E0qqmP5WDgX3eTXM5nSLO6MinY5IJ3aKmh3n%3Dw360-h239-k-no!7i1600!8i1066!4m7!3m6!1s0x151e9085b85c61a3:0xf696aa4c98270efb!8m2!3d33.3594755!4d35.5889282!10e5!16s%2Fm%2F027rl_s?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDMwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

[quaint]

2. Rest in Peace, Father Pierre

Died while caring for the people of his parish.
So unneccesay.
So sad.

[Kid Berwyn]

3. Priest wasn't a terrorist.

Another victim of murder at the bloody hands of Netanyahu and Trump.

[Prairie Gates]

5. The rage about this in Catholic Europe is widespread and palpable

That it has barely garnered a mention in US news is a symptom of how divorced US Catholicism has become from global Catholicism.

The New York Times, meanwhile is like "We have no idea why Spain recalled its ambassador from Israel..." Maybe because the IDF and Israeli state apparatus is less popular than foot fungus in Spain currently.