Sister Paulina Melite's work has become a benchmark within the Pro-Life Movement in India Photo: cedida global sisters report

The largest statue of Jesus in the entire Middle East is being built in Lebanon, and here’s how it’s coming along

What distinguishes this project, however, is the immediacy of its context. Unlike monuments erected in times of relative stability, this one rises amid ongoing uncertainty—economic crisis, regional tensions, and the lingering aftershocks of violence. Its construction is therefore not merely commemorative but contemporaneous, unfolding in parallel with the very trials it seeks to transcend