In a ceremony that blended centuries-old tradition with new hope, the Maronite Catholic Church celebrated the beatification of Patriarch Estephan Douaihy on Friday, Aug. 2, in Bkerké, Lebanon. An ...

FILE - In this June 16, 2010 file photo, Cardinal Nasrallah Butros Sfeir, head of Lebanon's Maronite Church, arrives for a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace. Lebanon’s ...

Many parishioners at Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church in Toronto lost family members and friends when a devastating explosion on Aug. 4, 2020, killed hundreds and injured thousands in ...

A Maronite Catholic archbishop was bringing aid back to Lebanon when he was wrongly detained by Lebanese authorities at the Israeli border, his supporters say. The U.S. bishops have spoken in his ...

Pope Leo XIV will carry a message of peace to Lebanon and the Christians of the Middle East when he visits next month, Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai told AFP on Wednesday. The Vatican said last week ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese political leaders and thousands of other people gathered on Thursday for the funeral of the former Maronite patriarch, Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, who pushed for Syrian ...

A planned visit by the head of the Maronite church to Jerusalem has stirred an outcry in Lebanon, which is still technically at war with its southern neighbour Israel. Lebanon’s Patriarch Beshara ...

BEIRUT – Lebanon's Maronite Christian church says its former patriarch, Cardinal Nasrallah Butros Sfeir, has died after several days in hospital. He was 98. Sfeir, an outspoken and feisty personality, ...

BEIRUTBEIRUT — 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 ...

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 ...

BEIRUT (AP) — 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 ...