Maronite Bishops held their monthly meeting at the Patriarchal See in Bkirki, chaired by Maronite Patriarch, Mar Bechara Boutros Rahi, with talks touching on church affairs and local issues.
“His Beatitude has briefed us on the importance of the conference organized by Al-Azhar and the Council of Muslim Elders in Egypt. This initiative is lauded for its importance in the endorsement of Lebanon and the Arab world as a model in conviviality,” a statement issued after the meeting read.
“The ongoing polarization over the electoral law is reference to the absence of a will to change, and of a common vision of what the law is intended to be,” the statement said, calling upon the country’s leaders to speed up the process of producing a law so as to avoid falling into vacuum.
“Bishops have also discussed the public budget issue and the debate over taxes, hoping that the political class would be aware of the risks entailed by the new budget draft and its subsequent taxation system which would harm both the economic institutions and the Lebanese people,” the Maronite bishops’ statement warned.
Finally, bishops greeted Lebanese women on the occasion of the International Women’s Day, and wished them greater roles at all levels in the Lebanese society.
Also, they congratulated the teachers on their Day, and utter gratefulness to what they endure and sacrifice in order to fulfill their educational mission.
