Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:00:32 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Orthodox and Catholic patriarchs to tackle Middle East issues https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/03/08/orthodox-and-catholic-patriarchs-to-tackle-middle-east-issues/ Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:01:22 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=40909 The leader of the Maronite Catholic Church has announced plans for a meeting of all Orthodox and Catholic patriarchs of the Middle East. Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, one of the four leaders of Eastern Catholic Churches who will be taking part in the conclave to elect the new pope, said the aim would be "to Read more

Orthodox and Catholic patriarchs to tackle Middle East issues... Read more]]> The leader of the Maronite Catholic Church has announced plans for a meeting of all Orthodox and Catholic patriarchs of the Middle East.

Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, one of the four leaders of Eastern Catholic Churches who will be taking part in the conclave to elect the new pope, said the aim would be "to promote unity among Christians and deal with the problems and suffering that we share in this difficult moment in history".

He said the patriarchs will form an important network of ecumenical leaders, as a support system for the embattled Christians of the region.

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