Pope Francis presided over a historic canonization mass at the Vatican on Sunday, officially recognizing 14 individuals as saints. Among them were three Maronite brothers from Lebanon, Abdel Mooti, Francis, and Raphael Massabki, who were killed in Damascus, Syria, in 1860.
The Massabki brothers, who frequently supported the Franciscan community in Damascus, met their tragic fate during a violent massacre carried out by Druze militias. This event unfolded amid a larger wave of religious violence that began in Lebanon in 1860. When Druze forces attacked the predominantly Christian town of Zahle in the Bekaa Valley, setting it ablaze, the violence soon spread to Damascus. By July of that year, between 4,000 and 6,000 Christians were killed in the Syrian capital, including the three Massabki brothers.
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