https://freerepublic.com/tag/78yearstate/ en-us Wed, 27 May 2026 00:34:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4381099/posts Vincent Gelot, director of L’Œuvre d’Orient in Lebanon…described the difficult reality facing Christians in southern Lebanon as being “caught in a vice” between Hezbollah militants attempting to use their villages to launch attacks across the border and Israeli military operations that have left homes, schools, and convents destroyed or occupied. “It is their very existence that is at stake,” he said... Gelot stressed that many of these villages date back to the time of Christ… EWTN https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/4381099/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2026 00:34:46 GMT