Religion

“Values in our society are being lost and the Lebanese society needs to be developed,” Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rahi said during a mass service in Bkirki on Friday upon the Epiphany Day. In his sermon, Rahi hoped that peace would prevail in the […]

Sheikh Abdel Amir Qabalan, vice-president of the Shiite Supreme Council, urged in his Friday sermon “religious dignitaries from all communities confronted with the perils of terrorism” to address the issue of terrorism and condemn “acts and attacks which violate the dignity of Man.” After reproving […]

The Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Rahi received on Tuesday the Ukrainian Ambassador to Lebanon, Ihor Ostas heading a delegation. On another note, Rahi met with a delegation from the University of the Holy Spirit of Kaslik (USEK), chaired by the Rector of the University, Father […]

Plusieurs pays du Moyen-Orient et d’Afrique du nord ont célébré mardi dans l’émotion les funérailles des victimes de l’attentat d’Istanbul, pour la plupart des jeunes dont la vie a été fauchée tragiquement le soir du Nouvel An. Les pays arabes et Israël ont payé un […]

Patriarch of Antioch, Levant, Alexandria and Jerusalem for Greek Melkite Catholics, Gregory III Lahham, hoped that the New Year would be one of peace, solidarity and cooperation. “Let us all be peacemakers in 2017,” he said, speaking from the Egyptian capital, Cairo. Lahham considered that […]

A high-ranking Hizbullah delegation held talks Thursday in Bkirki with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi. “We still believe that the best solution is an electoral law fully based on proportional representation, but we’re open to discussing any other format,” Hizbullah political council chief Ibrahim Amin al-Sayyed […]

Hezbollah Secretary General, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said on Thursday that one of the most serious wars headlines in the region was the war against the Resistance and its axis. Speaking during a video address at a ceremony held in honor of Sheikh Abdul Nasser al-Jabri, […]

Noël et Nouvel an Mgr Issam Darwish est l’évêque grec melkite de l’archidiocèse de Zahlé, capitale du gouvernorat de la Bekaa, région libanaise en première ligne face à la crise syrienne. «Depuis des décennies notre pays subit l’instabilité de la région et le Liban porte […]

Pope Francis paid tribute on Monday to Middle East Christians who have clung to their faith during persecution by Islamist militants, saying there are more Christians martyrs now than in the Church’s early days. The pope spoke to thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square […]