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March 12, 2026 : A Maronite community in southern Lebanon is in mourning, laying to rest their shepherd — Father Pierre El-Rahi — just days after he was killed while trying to help his parishioners.
The Maronite rite Catholic priest was killed in Qlayaa, Lebanon, on Monday as he sought to assist parishioners whose house had been fired upon by an Israeli tank, according to Lebanese media reports.
Fr. El-Rahi rushed to the house in the mountainous area of his parish with several young people when the tank struck the house again, wounding Fr. El-Rahi. He was taken to a local hospital, where he died from his wounds.
Pope Leo XIV mourned the late Lebanese priest, expressing his closeness to the Lebanese people and inviting Christians to pray for the many innocent victims of war. Pope made this appeal at his weekly General Audience in the Vatican on Wednesday, hailing Father Pierre as a "true shepherd who always remained beside his people with the love and sacrifice of Jesus the Good Shepherd".
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