Lebanon's Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi spoke out against the escalation of tensions between Hezbollah and Israel on Sunday, saying that residents of southern Lebanon had told the ...

Skip to content viewer section. This article sheds light on the development in the relationship between the Lebanese Maronite church and the French colonial authorities during the mid-1930s. It ...

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The international community must “put an end to Israeli aggression, which violates Lebanon's national sovereignty," the bishops added. Cardinal Béchara Boutros Raï, the Maronite patriarch chaired a ...

Badr Abdelatty, during his visit to Beirut on November 13, called the Maronite Patriarch, His Beatitude Patriarch Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi. Minister Abdelatty reaffirmed Egypt's full support for ...

Bishop Beshara Rai, 71, on Tuesday was elected the 77 th patriarch of Lebanon’s Maronites, the country’s largest Christian community which makes up about one third of the four-million population.

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rai met with Jaafarite Mufti Sheikh Ahmed Qabalan on Tuesday in Bkirki and handed him a letter to “Hezbollah,” urging the group to facilitate the mission.