“A True Shepherd” — Pope Leo XIV Honors the Priest Israel Killed in Southern Lebanon

The Maronite priest killed by Israeli tank fire in Lebanon was laid to rest as the pope eulogized him at the Vatican — and a widening war creeps closer to American soil.

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On Wednesday morning in the village of Qlayaa, in the mountains of southern Lebanon, hundreds of mourners carried the coffin of Father Pierre al-Rahi through the streets. Women wept. Men chanted “…