From Maronite villages in the Turkish-controlled north of Cyprus, EU bishops echoed Pope Leo XIV’s plea to lay down arms in ...

The candidacies for representatives of the Maronite, Armenian and Latin religious groups at the House, to be elected during the May 24 parliamentary elections, will be submitted on May 6, the chief ...

The bishops welcomed the international consensus to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon in the south for one more year. The Maronite bishops gather for their monthly ...

BEIRUT-- The new patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church pledged to work with Muslims, noting that Lebanon is a country of partnership between Muslims and Christians. Patriarch Bechara Rai said that ...

Israel's Maronite Christian community, originally from Lebanon, is stuck between enemy borders. "We want the [Israeli army] to recruit, enlist and encourage our youth to go and serve the country and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Leo XIV greets Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Maronite Church, cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi during an ...

BEIRUT-- Maronite Catholic bishops from around the world will gather beginning March 9 for a synod to elect the 77th patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church in Bkerke, Lebanon, the patriarchal seat ...

BEIRUT — The former patriarch of Lebanon’s Maronite Christian church, Cardinal Nasrallah Butros Sfeir, who served as spiritual leader of Lebanon’s largest Christian community through some of the worst ...

When a priest consecrates, or makes holy, the bread and wine during a Maronite Rite Mass, he speaks in Aramaic, the spoken language of Jesus. Hearing the words Jesus is said to have used when talking ...

Background: Born in Springfield, Mass., and raised in Albany and Colonie, he graduated from Boston College and received a law degree from American University in Washington. He and his wife, Diana, ...

St. Jude Catholic Church, the only Maronite church in the Orlando Diocese, has been designated as one of six pilgrimage sites in recognition of the Year of St. Maron. The pilgrimage mass will be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wissam Akiki, who is married, left, serves his daughter, Perla, communion after being ordained during a ceremony at St. Raymond’s ...