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Clockwise from top left: Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan meets with youth at the Syriac Catholic Church of St. Peter and Paul in Qamishli, Syria; Patriarch Younan processes into the Church of St. Peter and Paul and meets with a family in Qamishli.

‘Beloved Syria Is Suffering’

The Syriac Catholic patriarch, following six-day pastoral visit, decries ‘painful’ situation on the ground: ‘Our very survival in our homeland is really at stake.’

Doreen Abi Raad World December 15, 2022

Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan consecrates the restored St. George Syriac Catholic Cathedral in Beirut. Patriarch Younan is shown greeting the papal nuncio to Lebanon, Archbishop Paolo Borgia; Melkite Catholic Patriarch Joseph Absi; and Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite Catholic patriarch.

Syriac Catholic Cathedral Again a Beacon in Beirut

Syriac Catholic Patriarch Ignace Joseph III Younan consecrated St. George Syriac Catholic Cathedral on Oct. 29 in a ceremonial Mass, while anointing the altar, walls and doors with oil of chrism, before celebrating the Divine Liturgy.

Doreen Abi Raad World November 29, 2022

The ‘For Jesus and Mary’ gathering on Oct. 7 combined Eucharistic adoration, the Rosary and Marian hymns, concluding with the consecration of Lebanon to St. Michael the Archangel. Maronite Archbishop Elias Sleiman holds the Blessed Sacrament aloft.

Lebanon Is Consecrated to St. Michael the Archangel

Dominic Chikhani, of the Marys Heart prayer initiative, said the evening was ‘like a pilgrimage in heaven.’

Doreen Abi Raad World October 18, 2022

L to R: Dr. Pierre Yared and Maronite Sister Hadia Abi Chebli, who together co-direct Geitaoui Hospital in Beirut, work in their office and pose under an image of St. Charbel. The new St. Charbel Chapel is located in the hospital lobby. They consider the beloved Lebanese saint a protector of the hospital.

Lebanon’s Catholic Hospitals Struggle, but Dedicated Staff Continue to Offer Healing and Hope

One of the pillars of Lebanon’s tradition of Catholic-run health care is Geitaoui Hospital, which has a special patronage to St. Charbel, in Beirut.

Doreen Abi Raad World September 13, 2022

Clockwise L-R: Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch and all the East Ignace Joseph III Younan meets with Pope Francis January 12, Meeting with youth group representatives at the parish of Saint Peter and Paul in Qamishli, Syria December 16, 2021, Celebrating Mass at the Church of Our Lady in Homs, Syria May 15, 2021. Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch Ignace Joseph III Younan (center) celebrates Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Assumption in Aleppo, Syria May 16, 2021.

Syriac Catholic Patriarch: ‘We Keep Going on in Hope’

The Register interviews Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Younan on the increased emigration of Christians from Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.

Doreen Abi Raad Interviews February 9, 2022

The Our Lady of Lebanon Shrine in Harissa will take part in the worldwide Rosary marathon to end the coronavirus pandemic on May 29.

From Lebanon, a Rosary of Hope

Prayer marathon includes Marian shrine in beleaguered country.

Doreen Abi Raad World May 24, 2021

Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of the Maronites, addresses thousands of Lebanese Feb. 27 who rallied at Bkerke, the patriarchate north of Beirut, to show their support for his positions for the crisis-plagued country.

Maronite Patriarch Advocates for the Salvation of Lebanon

A Lebanese throng rallied last month in support of the cardinal’s campaign, and Pope Francis advised this week that he has promised the patriarch that he will visit the beleaguered Middle East nation to communicate his own support.

Doreen Abi Raad World March 15, 2021