Maronite Church

My Day With the Pope (Graphic Heavy!)

freerepublic.com     Apr 18, 2008   14 related          

Just outside of the Metro station, around 7:30 pm. People are already filing in. Even Mother Teresa's nuns had to go through security. It was so great to see the Maronite priests there! I also met 1 Maronite lay woman and a nun who is also Maronite. The Holy Father in the Popemobile. The Pope...                    

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Maronite patriarch fears Lebanon near collapse

cwnews.com     Apr 15, 2008          

Maronite Catholic Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir has warned that the nation of Lebanon is close to collapse, the AsiaNews service reports. As Lebanon marked the 30th anniversary of the ... ... Beirut, Apr. 15, 2008 (CWNews.com) - Maronite Catholic Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir has...                    

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beiruter.com: Early exit by Suleiman would be fuel on the fire - analysts beiruter.com

Daily Star Political News: Early exit by Suleiman would be fuel on the fire - analysts

beiruter.com     Apr 14, 2008   1 related          

Saying he was "tired" of waiting to be elected president, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) commander General Michel Suleiman said earlier this month that he would leave his LAF post on August 21, but his exit is likely only to worsen the country's already shaky political situation and weaken the army...                    

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Ya Libnan Political News: Sfeir says Lebanon is on the road to collapse

beiruter.com     Apr 14, 2008   5 related          

A new warning from the Maronite patriarch, on the day that recalls the beginning of the civil war: the nation is "fragmented, being without a president, run by an amputated government and with a parliament that doesn't meet". ... The concern of the king of Jordan that...                    

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Daily Star Political News: Maronite patriarch laments 'disintegration of the homeland'

beiruter.com     Apr 14, 2008   5 related          

Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir said on Sunday that some Lebanese were willing to sell the interests of their country, adding that "money evaporates while the nation survives." In his weekly Sunday mass at the Notre Dame Church in Bkirki, Sfeir said Lebanon was witnessing "the...                    

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Ya Libnan Political News: Remembering Lebanon's darkest day

beiruter.com     Apr 13, 2008   8 related          

By Rima Abushakra Beirut - Decades after the outbreak of its civil war, Lebanon is teetering on the edge of a new conflict as a bitter political power struggle pits Muslim against Muslim and Christian against Christian. ... Little remains today of the Green Line that...                    

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Ya Libnan Political News: Amid Crisis, Sunday marks Lebanon's darkest anniversary

beiruter.com     Apr 11, 2008   16 related          

Lebanese are faced with difficult choices and deep cleavages as they commemorate on Sunday the outbreak of a war in 1975 that devastated their country for 15 years, and from which they have never fully recovered. ... Decades after the outbreak of its civil war, Lebanon...                    

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Lebanese Bishops Call for End to Crisis

aina.org     Apr 5, 2008   33 related          

BEIRUT -- As Lebanon continues to suffer a power void -- the country hasn't had a president since last November -- the nation's bishops are calling on cooperation to fix the "miserable situation" facing the Lebanese people. ... Following their monthly meeting led by...                    

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beiruter.com: Maronite bishops sound alarm on economic woes beiruter.com

Daily Star Political News: Maronite bishops sound alarm on economic woes

beiruter.com     Apr 3, 2008   44 related          

The Council of Maronite Bishops called on Wednesday for the immediate implementation of the Arab initiative to solve the deadlock in Lebanon, while sounding the alarm concerning "strenuous" economic conditions faced by the Lebanese. The Maronite bishops said it was unfortunate that a Lebanese...                    

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Lebanese Should Support Arab League Initiative: Bishops

aina.org     Apr 3, 2008   34 related          

Beirut (AsiaNews) -- Seriously concerned about the endless political crisis, which is also harming the economic situation, the Maronite bishops are launching a strong new appeal for efforts on behalf of the common good, renewing their support for the mediation initiative of the Arab League,...                    

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