Religious sisters shelter hundreds fleeing fighting in Lebanon

Religious Sisters in war-torn Lebanon have transformed their convent into a refuge for more than 800 people fleeing the ongoing bombardment, providing much-needed help.

The airstrikes on villages in northern Beqaa Governorate have forced hundreds of people to seek refuge in the Convent of the Sisters of Our Lady of Good Help in Jabboulé, according to Mother Joselyne Joumaa, superior general of the congregation.

Mother Joumaa told Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need (ACN): “On the first night of the bombing, dozens of people came running to take refuge with us.”