The SSPX has continued to extend it's work in the middle East and has continued to grow its apostolate in Lebanon See more information at their official SSPX site: liban.fsspx.org/en The SSPX visits Lebanon on a monthly basis as it continues to expand it's work in the middle east. Lebanon is a small country of 10,400 square kilometers. It is 50 times smaller than France, but is populated with almost 6.5 million inhabitants. Although we have had contacts in Lebanon for nearly 30 years, our mission in this country is still a modest one. The principal reason for that is that most of the Christians who are leaving there belong to an oriental rite: in general they are Maronite Catholic, Greek Catholic, or Greek Orthodox. Since the 6th century, Lebanon has been a refuge for all Christian communities that were persecuted in the Middle East. Those who belong to the Latin rite are only a small number, about 15,000. This means that it is not in search of the Tridentine Mass that many faithful in …