Lebanese Christians Refusing to Flee War Zone, Fearing Occupation of Homeland
The EWTN news portal reports on Lebanese Christians refusing Israeli evacuation orders in southern Lebanon, citing Jesuit Father Daniel Corrou’s interview. The article frames their decision primarily in terms of fear of permanent displacement and loss of land, with Corrou stating, “Their fear was that if they did leave, that they would never be able to get their land back again, that it would be occupied by some group.” It mentions the killing of Maronite Father Pierre El-Rahi, references “Pope Leo’s” sorrow, and describes a Jesuit-run shelter welcoming refugees of various faiths as “brothers and sisters.” The piece concludes with related articles promoting the “diplomacy” of the antipope Leo XIV. The underlying thesis is that Catholic presence is reduced to ethnic and territorial preservation, devoid of any supernatural purpose or critique of the conciliar “abomination of desolation” occupying the Vatican.



