The church's teachings on just war place limits on the permissible methods to bring someone to justice. So too does international law, and hiding explosives in everyday items like pagers and walkie-talkies is a violation of the 1899 Hague Convention, which prohibits “treacherous killing.”

Focus on the fate of Israel, its hostages in Gaza and the people of Gaza and south Lebanon means that little attention is being paid to other continuing crises around the world—Sudan, Haiti, Myanmar among them.

Dr. Maryann Cusimano Love and Dr. Richard Love explore the legal and ethical issues behind the recent pager explosions in Lebanon.

Father Dan Corrou says all Jesuit Refugee Service operations have been suspended. Many of the agency’s employees, like thousands of other residents of southern Lebanon, are fleeing toward Beirut or making plans to.

Ahead of the 110th World Day of Migrants and Refugees, Daniel Corrou, S.J., pastor of St. Joseph Church in Beirut, Lebanon, calls us to embrace “a story of love” rather than fear.

Shelters have opened in northern Lebanon to provide what everyone hopes will be a temporary lodging for the displaced Christian families from the new war zone along the border with Israel.