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Maronite Bishops Call for Full Restoration of Lebanese Sovereignty

The bishops welcomed the international consensus to extend the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon in the south for one more year. The Maronite bishops gather for their monthly ...
LBCI Lebanon

Maronite patriarch urges end to violence, stresses Lebanon’s choice of peace

Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros al-Rahi said during Palm Sunday Mass that he stands in solidarity with ...
Crux

Pope Leo XIV prays for slain Maronite priest as he is buried in Lebanon

On Wednesday, Pope Leo XIV noted the funeral for Father Pierre El Raii, the Maronite priest who was killed on Monday in ...
Yahoo

Maronite Patriarch: Hezbollah needs to 'free itself from Iran, disarm,' denounces Israeli strikes

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Leo XIV greets Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Maronite Church, cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi during an ...
Los Angeles Times

Only 900 speakers of the Sanna language remain. But Cyprus’ Maronites are mounting a comeback

KORMAKITIS, Cyprus — Ash dangled precariously from Iosif Skordis’ cigarette as he reminisced with fellow villagers in a language on the edge of extinction, one that partly traces its roots to the ...
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Maronite community in Cyprus fights to save its Sanna language as only 900 speakers remain

Only about 900 people in the world speak Cypriot Maronite Arabic. The offshoot of Syrian Arabic had been passed on orally over the centuries but now is at risk of extinction, according to the Council ...
National Catholic Register

Maronite Church in Lebanon Celebrates Beatification of 17th-Century Scholar and Patriarch

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 ...
The Globe and Mail

Maronite priest killed in reported Israeli strike mourned by Lebanese of all faiths

For years, Pierre al-Rahi, a Maronite Catholic priest from southern Lebanon, was a symbol of national resistance. During Israel’s wars with Hezbollah, he and his Christian compatriots remained on ...
Hartford Courant

Only 900 speakers of the Sanna language remain. Now Cyprus’ Maronites are mounting a comeback

KORMAKITIS, Cyprus (AP) — Ash dangled precariously from Iosif Skordis’ cigarette as he reminisced with fellow villagers in a language on the edge of extinction, one that partly traces its roots to the ...
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Only 900 speakers of the Sanna language remain. But Cyprus' Maronites are mounting a comeback

Ash dangled precariously from Iosif Skordis' cigarette as he reminisced with fellow villagers in a language on the edge of extinction, one that partly traces its roots to the language Jesus Christ ...
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Only 900 speakers of the Sanna language remain. Now Cyprus' Maronites are mounting a comeback

KORMAKITIS, Cyprus — Ash dangled precariously from Iosif Skordis' cigarette as he reminisced with fellow villagers in a language on the edge of extinction, one that partly traces its roots to the ...