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Cardinal calls on Lebanese leaders to resolve differences
- Jan 11, 2021
As Lebanon’s top political leaders struggle to form a government coalition, Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Beshara Raï continues to call on President Michel Aoun and Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri to hold a “personal reconciliation meeting.”
Middle East Catholic patriarchs urge Christmas hope amid despair
- Dec 28, 2020
Amid suffering and despair, further darkened by the coronavirus pandemic, Catholic patriarchs of the Middle East urged their faithful at Christmastime to hold on to hope.
Cardinal: Lebanon’s leaders have lost respect of citizens, world
- Oct 20, 2020
Marking the anniversary of Lebanon’s massive popular uprising against the corrupt political class, Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai encouraged the country’s young people to continue their protest movement.
Cardinal likens fading Christian presence in Middle East to a sinking ship
- Sep 21, 2020
Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai warned that the Christian presence in the Middle East is shrinking and church leaders “are called to face the winds that blow in our homelands.”
Christian-Muslim dialogue ‘backbone’ of Lebanon, cardinal says
- Sep 12, 2020
Just weeks before Pope Francis is set to sign a new encyclical on human fraternity, the head of the Maronite Church is pointing to his own country of Lebanon as an example of how Christians and Muslims can peacefully live together.
Lebanese demand reform, Cabinet resigns after Beirut explosions
- Aug 10, 2020
On Aug. 10, Lebanon’s Cabinet resigned over the Aug. 4 blasts at the Beirut port, the health minister said, a decision that was made under pressure as several ministers quit or expressed their intention to step down.
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