{"id":158227,"date":"2026-06-13T12:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/158227\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T12:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T12:50:11","slug":"humanitarian-convoy-led-by-nuncio-in-lebanon-caught-in-crossfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/158227\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanitarian convoy led by Nuncio in Lebanon caught in crossfire"},"content":{"rendered":"

A convoy consisting of 45 trucks and vehicles carrying food aid, medicines, and fuel intended for three Christian villages in southern Lebanon was forced to alter its route due to gunfire exchanged between the Israeli army and Hezbollah. <\/p>\n

By Giada Aquilino<\/p>\n

A humanitarian convoy organized by the Apostolic Nuncio in Lebanon, Archbishop Paolo Borgia, together with Caritas and other Catholic organizations, and headed toward three Christian villages in the south of the Cedar Country, was forced on Thursday to change its route \u201cbecause of an exchange of fire between the parties\u201d \u2014 the Israeli army (IDF) and Hezbollah militias.<\/p>\n

Archbishop Borgia himself reported the incident to Vatican media, explaining what happened shortly before the group of 45 trucks and vehicles, which had departed from Beirut early in the morning, reached the village of Debel, south of Tyre. \u201cIt was not possible to continue along the route\u201d that had been coordinated with the relevant authorities, the Archbishop explained, because of the additional insecurity that had arisen.<\/p>\n

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\n The humanitarian convoy of June 11 led by the Apostolic Nuncio\n <\/p>\n

Food, Medicine, and Fuel <\/p>\n

\u201cWe were all in our vehicles, in a long convoy carrying various kinds of humanitarian aid, especially food supplies, fruit, vegetables, water, as well as medicines and fuel,\u201d destined not only for the population of Debel but also for two other villages, Ain Ebel and Rmeich. \u201cThere were also goods intended for local shops \u2014 given the current shortage of supplies \u2014 and at the same time for farmers and livestock breeders, so that life in the villages might gradually begin again in some way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the vehicles were also cars carrying local residents. They simply wanted to return to their homes after being displaced for weeks. In a situation of ongoing escalation, the Nuncio said there was no panic among those present when the shooting occurred, but reflected: \u201cThese are frightening situations, but one tries to deal with them calmly and keep a cool head in the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Pope<\/p>\n

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\n During his audience with the Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon, Archbishop Paolo Borgia, Pope Leo video-calls about ten priests from the southern regions of Lebanon and encourages them …\n <\/p>\n

Material aid and the presence of the Church <\/p>\n

As a result, the convoy \u201chad to turn back and take an entirely different route, obtaining new authorizations in order to travel safely.\u201d Nevertheless, after \u201ca journey of 10 hours,\u201d it eventually reached Debel.<\/p>\n

\"Archbishop<\/p>\n

\n Archbishop Borgia with residents from the Christian villages reached by the humanitarian aid convoy\n <\/p>\n

What Archbishop Borgia emphasizes is the crucial importance of delivering aid to villages that are effectively isolated from the rest of the country because of the ongoing military operations. The goal, he stressed, \u201cis to return\u201d to those areas. \u201cWe are in a situation of war, but we will continue our commitment to helping the people. I believe there will already be another convoy next week.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Apostolic<\/p>\n

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\n The Apostolic nuncio, Paolo Borgia, meets with Shiite religious authorities in the south of Lebanon, and encounters a group of refugees hosted by a Maronite community,.\n <\/p>\n

Yesterday\u2019s mission, he added, \u201cwas the twentieth visit to southern Lebanon, with 17 humanitarian convoys and 3 pastoral visits, since the beginning of the war\u201d in Lebanon on March 2. \u201cIt is important to be present,\u201d he continued, \u201cbecause this gives people the possibility of remaining in their communities and surviving.\u201d And it is more than material assistance: \u201cWith our presence, we bring the presence of the Pope, of the universal Church, and of the Lebanese Church, together with closeness and solidarity, because people need to feel understood and accompanied, embraced by the love of the Church itself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A convoy consisting of 45 trucks and vehicles carrying food aid, medicines, and fuel intended for three Christian…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[32],"tags":[9613,16525,93,3570,36],"class_list":["post-158227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lebanon","tag-apostolic-nuncio","tag-church","tag-lebanon","tag-solidarity","tag-war"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116742889284195496","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}