After Maronite archbishop detained in Lebanon, U.S. bishops

A scene from a papal visit to Lebanon, Sept. 14, 2012. / Vatican MediaDenver Newsroom, Aug 15, 2022 / 18:00 pm (CNA).A Maronite Catholic archbishop was bringing aid back to Lebanon when he was wrongly detained by Lebanese authorities at the Israeli border, his supporters say. The U.S. bishops have spoken in his defense, objecting to the confiscation of medical aid and hundreds of thousands of dollars in monetary aid."The arbitrary detention and interrogation of Archbishop Moussa El-Hage, the Maronite Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land, by Lebanese security, is cause for alarm," Bishop David Malloy of Rockford, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on International Justice and Peace, said Aug. 12."The archbishop was returning from one of his regular visits to the Holy Land and bringing much-needed aid that the Lebanese diaspora in Israel wanted to send to family members in Lebanon," Malloy said. "All this was confiscated by Lebanese security forces, a...

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