By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Friday, March 13, 2026Residents of the Christian Lebanese border village of Qlayaa carry the coffin of the village’s priest, Father Pierre al-Rahi, during his funeral on March 11, 2026. Fighting flared last week between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah as part of a wider regional war, prompting the Israeli military to warn people across swathes of southern Lebanon to flee. Farther east in the village of Qlayaa, a parish priest died on March 9 of wounds sustained from Israeli tank fire, sparking anger and fear. | Rabih DAHER / AFP via Getty Images
A war-ravaged Lebanese Christian community is in mourning the loss of a priest killed amid escalating conflict in the Middle East, spurring Pope Leo XIV to renew his plea for peace in the region.
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