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Families of victims of the 2020 Beirut port blast attend a Mass celebrated by Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite patriarch, at St. George Maronite Cathedral in Beirut Aug. 4, 2022, the second anniversary of the tragedy. (CNS photo/Mychel Akl for Maronite Patriarchate)

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Cardinal speaks of two crimes: Beirut explosion, stalled investigation

Doreen Abi Raad|Aug 4, 2022|4 Min Read

Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite patriarch, celebrates Mass to mark the one-year anniversary of Beirut's port blast Aug. 4, 2021. The explosion killed more than 200 people, injured more than 6,000, and displaced more than 300,000. (CNS photo/Mohamed Azakir, Reuters)

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'Today is a day of strength': Mass commemorates Beirut blast victims

Doreen Abi Raad|Aug 5, 2021|6 Min Read

A room with a view of the the port of Beirut at Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui is littered with debris in the aftermath of the blast Aug. 4, 2020. The hospital, entrusted to the Maronite Sisters of the Holy Family, received 350 injured wounded people following the disaster. Catholic Near East Welfare Association has helped to rebuild the hospital. (Courtesy Geitaoui Hospital/CNS via Crux)

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One year after Beirut blast, vast political overhaul is needed, priest says

Elise Ann Allen|Aug 4, 2021|5 Min Read

A member of the Maronite Scouts is pictured in an undated photo helping cleanup following an Aug. 4, 2020, blast in Beirut's port area. (CNS photo/Stefanie Glinski for Catholic Relief Services)

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Nearly a year after Beirut blast, Maronite leaders still helping residents

Doreen Abi Raad|Jul 8, 2021|5 Min Read

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Reconstruction of blast-damaged Beirut church brings hope

Catholic News Agency|Nov 19, 2020|3 Min Read

Damage in downtown Beirut following an explosion at the city's port, Aug. 6, 2020. (Erich Karnberger/Shutterstock via CNA)

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Syriac Catholic Patriarch offers free tuition, rent assistance after Beirut blast

Catholic News Agency|Oct 6, 2020|3 Min Read

At the Socio-Medical Intercommunity Dispensary in the Naba neighborhood of Beirut, people receive a hot meal to take back back to their homes Sept. 2, 2020. As Lebanon faces economic collapse, the center serves 1,200 meals per day, Monday through Friday. The center experienced considerable damage from the double-explosion in Beirut's port area Aug. 4. (CNS photo/Doreen Abi Raad)

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'We need a miracle,' Lebanese nun says a month after Beirut blasts

Doreen Abi Raad|Sep 8, 2020|4 Min Read

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, with red sash, views the damage at Sacred Heart School near Beirut's port area Sept. 4, 2020, one month after the city suffered double blasts. (CNS photo/Mychel Akl for Maronite Patriarchate)

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Visiting Lebanon, Cardinal Parolin emphasizes 'You are not alone'

Doreen Abi Raad|Sep 4, 2020|5 Min Read

Pope Francis and Maronite Father Georges Briedi hold a Lebanese flag as they pray for the country -- following an explosion in Beirut -- during the the pope's weekly general audience at the Vatican Sept. 2, 2020. (CNS photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)

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Pope calls for day of prayer, fasting for Lebanon

Cindy Wooden|Sep 2, 2020|3 Min Read

Archbishop Anoushavan Tanielian of the Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church speaks during an ecumenical prayer service Aug. 25, 2020, at Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Cathedral in Brooklyn, N.Y. Clerics from various faith traditions gathered at the cathedral to offer prayers for Lebanon in the aftermath of a massive Aug. 4 explosion in the port of Beirut that killed at least 180 people and wounded more than 6,000. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Ecumenical clergy gather in New York to pray for Lebanon

Beth Griffin|Aug 27, 2020|5 Min Read

Damage after the Aug. 4 Beirut explosion. (Mehr News Agency, CC BY SA 4.0 via CNA)

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Knights of Columbus donating $250,000 after Beirut explosion

Catholic News Agency|Aug 26, 2020|2 Min Read

Maronite Father Elia Mouannes baptizes Simon Charbel Nader Aug. 15, 2020, at the blast-stricken Mar Mikhael Maronite Catholic Church in the Beirut, as the baby's godparents -- Sua Ellen Eid and Joseph Nader -- and father -- George Nader -- look on. (CNS photo/Doreen Abi Raad)

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At Beirut parish, signs of hope, demands for accountability after blast

Doreen Abi Raad|Aug 17, 2020|4 Min Read

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