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by bcadmin | Sep 27, 2022 | Cardinal Bechara Rai, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Lebanon, Maronite Church, Mediterranean, migrants and refugees, News | 0 |
Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai denounced the launching of “boats of death” from Lebanon following the drowning of nearly 100 migrants who had attempted to flee the crisis-stricken country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 5, 2022 | Cardinal Bechara Rai, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Lebanon, News | 0 |
BEIRUT — The 2020 Beirut port blast was the “crime of the century,” said Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite patriarch. In a solemn Mass commemorating the second anniversary of the blast Aug. 4, the cardinal expressed frustration that no one had been held accountable for the explosion that left 224 […]
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 21, 2022 | Cardinal Bechara Rai, christianity, Church in Asia, church-state relations, Interreligious dialogue, lead, Lebanon, News | 0 |
Lebanese Maronite Archbishop Moussa El-Hage’s unexpected detainment earlier this week and his summons to court have made waves, stoking fears that fresh political tensions could further erode Lebanon’s delicate religious balance.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 18, 2022 | Armenian Catholic Church, Cardinal Bechara Rai, Catholic News Service, Chaldean Catholic Church, Christians in the Middle East, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Lebanon, Maronite Church, News, Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan, Patriarch Louis Sako, Syria, Syriac Catholic | 0 |
Eastern Catholic patriarchs related the Easter message of Resurrection and hope to the political situations in the Middle East.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 1, 2022 | Cardinal Bechara Rai, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Lebanon, Maronite Church, News | 0 |
Catholic leaders from Europe, the United States and Canada called on their governments to support Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai’s appeal for an international conference to protect Lebanon.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 29, 2021 | Cardinal Bechara Rai, Catholic News Service, Chaldean Catholic Church, Christians in the Middle East, Church in the Middle East, Iraq, Lebanon, Melkite Catholic Church, News, Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan, Patriarch Raphael Sako, Patriarch Youssef Absi, Syria | 0 |
Patriarchs of the Middle East urged their faithful, overwhelmed with suffering, to hold on more tightly to hope this Christmastime.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 20, 2021 | Antonio Guterres, Cardinal Bechara Rai, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Lebanon, Maronite Church, News | 0 |
Lebanon’s religious leaders met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during his visit to the crisis-stricken country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 31, 2021 | Associated Press, Cardinal Bechara Rai, Church in the Middle East, Lebanon, Maronite Church, News, Saudi Arabia, Yemen | 0 |
The head of the Lebanon’s Maronite Catholic Church called for “decisive action” in his Sunday sermon, suggesting he wanted a controversial cabinet minister to resign.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 16, 2021 | Cardinal Bechara Rai, Catholic News Service, Catholic Schools, Church in the Middle East, Lebanon, Maronite Church, News | 0 |
At the start of a new academic year, uncertainty clouds the future of Catholic schools in Lebanon. Amid the country’s economic meltdown, Catholic schools have exhausted their resources, and their future is at risk.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 15, 2021 | Cardinal Bechara Rai, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Israel, Lebanon, Maronite Church, News | 0 |
Advocates, political leaders and a Maronite Catholic bishop gathered on Zoom for a virtual seminar to express support for Lebanon’s Maronite patriarch.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 5, 2021 | Beirut, Cardinal Bechara Rai, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Lebanon, Maronite Church, News | 0 |
A year after the catastrophic Beirut port blast, the wounds of the people in Lebanon are scarred by the memory of the tragedy, and cries for justice escalate. This year, Aug. 4 was declared a national day of mourning in Lebanon.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 19, 2021 | Cardinal Bechara Rai, Catholic News Service, Church in the Middle East, Lebanon, News | 0 |
Cardinal Bechara Rai, the Maronite patriarch, pleaded for the intercession of Lebanon’s beloved St. Charbel Makhlouf as the beleaguered country spirals deeper into collapse, further roiled by the resignation of the prime minister-designate.
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