The Columbian

Lebanon’s Christians fear for sacred forest, valley

BCHARRE, Lebanon — Majestic cedar trees towered over dozens of Lebanese Christians gathered outside a small mid-19th century chapel hidden in a mountain forest to celebrate the Feast of the ...
National Catholic Reporter

Lebanon's Christians feel the heat of climate change in its sacred forest and valley

Majestic cedar trees towered over dozens of Lebanese Christians gathered outside a small mid-19th century chapel hidden in a mountain forest to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration, the miracle ...
Los Angeles Times

With temperatures and tensions soaring, forests are burning in Israel and Lebanon

AITAROUN, Lebanon — It was only 10 a.m., but it had already been a long day for the firefighters in these borderlands of southern Lebanon. They had barely finished containing a 130-acre forest fire ...