{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com","title":"Cardinal Rai: Lebanese paying price of political and economic crisis - WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"bIGZoigs0j\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/cardinal-rai-lebanese-paying-price-of-political-and-economic-crisis\/\">Cardinal Rai: Lebanese paying price of political and economic crisis<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldcatholicnews.com\/cardinal-rai-lebanese-paying-price-of-political-and-economic-crisis\/embed\/#?secret=bIGZoigs0j\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Cardinal Rai: Lebanese paying price of political and economic crisis&#8221; &#8212; WORLD CATHOLIC NEWS\" data-secret=\"bIGZoigs0j\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Power cuts have become a frequent feature of life in Lebanon, as seen on a recent night in Beirut WORLD Lebanon cardinals politics Middle East migrants and refugees interview Cardinal Rai: Lebanese paying price of political and economic crisis The Maronite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch urges the international community to help Lebanon out of its political and economic crisis. By Devin Watkins Lebanon lurched into a political crisis in mid-October 2019. Protesters took to the streets against government plans to tax WhatsApp, a messaging service. The movement quickly turned into an anti-government protest which led to the resignation of then-Prime Minster Saad Hariri. But that is just the tip of the iceberg. Lebanon is now in the grips of a crisis that has left millions wondering if they will have enough to eat. Political gridlock weighs on Lebanese According to Cardinal B\u00e9chara Boutros Ra\u00ef, the country\u2019s political crisis prepared the ground for the economic, financial, and social cr..","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/etc\/designs\/vatican-news\/release\/library\/main\/images\/vatican-news-header-white.png"}