 1. CHRIST’S DISCIPLES MUST GIVE AUTHENTIC WITNESS OF THEIR UNITY |
| 17/09/2012 |
| ... - Yesterday evening the Holy Father met with Orthodox Patriarchs, representatives of Protestant communities and Catholic Patriarchs of Lebanon. The encounter took place at the Syrian Catholic Patriarchate in Charfet, Beirut, famous for its library ... |
| 2. COURAGEOUSLY RESIST ANYTHING THAT COULD DESTROY OR UNDERMINE PEACE |
| 17/09/2012 |
| ... - The Holy Father's apostolic trip to Lebanon came to an end yesterday afternoon with the departure ceremony at the international airport of Beirut. Among those present to bid him farewell were Michel Sleiman, president of Lebanon, the country's fo... |
| 3. FIRST HEARING OF THE ACCUSED IN THE "VATILEAKS" CASE |
| 17/09/2012 |
| ... - The Holy See Press Office today released the following communique."Giuseppe della Torre, president of the Tribunal of Vatican City State, today issued a decree ruling that the first hearing of the trial of Paolo Gabriele and Claudio Sciarpelletti... |
| 4. MAY GOD BLESS THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY, SO SORELY TRIED DOWN THE AGES |
| 16/09/2012 |
| ... - At midday yesterday, before having lunch with patriarchs and bishops of Lebanon, and the members of the Special Council for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops, in the headquarters of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate at Bzommar, the Pope ex... |
| 5. ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY CAN LIVE TOGETHER WITHOUT HATRED |
| 16/09/2012 |
| ... - Yesterday evening the Holy Father paid a visit to the Maronite Patriarchate at Bkerke. Since 1832, Bkerke has been the winter residence of the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, while his summer residence is located at Dimane in nort... |
| 6. SERVING JUSTICE AND PEACE IS AN IMPERATIVE TASK OF THE CHURCH |
| 16/09/2012 |
| ... - This morning in Beirut, Lebanon, Benedict XVI celebrated Mass at the City Centre Waterfront, a coastal area reclaimed from the sea using the debris of buildings in the old centre of Beirut, which were demolished at the end of the Civil War prior ... |
| 7. MAY THE GOSPEL CONTINUE TO RESONATE IN THE REGION WHICH SAW JESUS' ACTIONS AND HEARD HIS WORDS |
| 16/09/2012 |
| ... - At the end of today's Eucharistic celebration, Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, arose and invited the Holy Father to consign the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Ecclesia in Medio Oriente" to Catholic patr... |
| 8. ANGELUS: WHY SO MUCH HORROR? WHY SO MANY DEAD? |
| 16/09/2012 |
| ... - Having consigned the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, and before praying the Angelus, the Holy Father pronounced some words in which he called on "Mary, Our Lady of Lebanon, around whom both Christians and Muslims gather", to intercede "for th... |