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- Oct 17, 2019
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Lebanon’s former Maronite Christian patriarch Sfeir dies
- Associated Press, Church in the Middle East
- May 12, 2019
Cardinal Nasrallah Butros Sfeir, an outspoken and feisty personality who also played a key role in shaping the country’s post-war politics, died in a Beirut hospital two weeks after he was admitted suffering from a chest infection.
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Mideast patriarchs urge hope of Resurrection in Easter messages
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East
- Apr 23, 2019
Catholic patriarchs from the Middle East invoked hope in their Easter messages to people suffering from terrorism, wars, displacement and economic hardship.
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Amid uncertainty, patriarchs urge Mideast faithful to keep hope
Amid Lebanon’s political and economic strife and uncertainty in the Middle East, Catholic patriarchs urged their faithful to forge ahead in hope at Christmastime.
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Catholic leader helps Lebanese civil war rivals end decades of hostility
- Associated Press, Church in Asia/Oceania
- Nov 14, 2018
Two rival Lebanese Christian leaders reconciled Wednesday ending four decades of enmity triggered by a massacre of dozens during Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war.
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Young migrants bring vitality, need support, synod members say
- Catholic News Service, Synod of Bishops on Youth
- Oct 18, 2018
Helping young migrants hold fast to their cultural and religious identity, especially in situations where they are a minority, was a recurring topic at the Synod of Bishops.
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Lebanon’s religious leaders call for ‘dignified’ return of refugees
- Catholic News Service, Church in Asia/Oceania
- Aug 30, 2018
Lebanon’s Christian and Muslim religious leaders, meeting with the president of Switzerland, appealed to the international community to work toward peace in the region and to ensure the “dignified” return of refugees to their homelands.
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