Pope Leo XIV Mourns Maronite Priest Killed by Israeli Tank Fire in Southern Lebanon

Father Pierre el-Rahi ran toward the wounded after a Merkava tank shelled a home in Qlayaa. A second shell killed him. The Vatican named him within hours.

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“When we defend our land, we defend it peacefully, and we carry only the weapons of peace, goodness, love, and prayer.” Father Pierre el-Rahi, a Maronite priest in the Christian…