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Rome, Italy, Feb 11, 2010 (CNA).- Cardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, celebrated Mass at the Cathedral of St. George on Tuesday marking the 1600th anniversary of the death of St. Maron, father of the Maronite rite and patron saint of Lebanon.
Attending the Mass was the country’s President Michel Suleiman, a Maronite. Also present were Prime Minister Saad-al-Hariri and President of Parliament, Nabih Berri - both Muslims.
In his homily the cardinal prayed, “May St. Maron grant us better days than the ones we have lived and may we be able to celebrate many feasts filled with goodness and peace!”
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Attending the Mass was the country’s President Michel Suleiman, a Maronite. Also present were Prime Minister Saad-al-Hariri and President of Parliament, Nabih Berri - both Muslims.
In his homily the cardinal prayed, “May St. Maron grant us better days than the ones we have lived and may we be able to celebrate many feasts filled with goodness and peace!”
Full article…