Tag: Maronite Catholic Church
Lebanese Catholic clergy commemorate Beirut port explosion victims five years later
In Beirut, Lebanon's Catholic Church marked the fifth anniversary of the catastrophic 2020 port explosion with a solemn memorial Mass and vigil.
Melto D’Moronyo: His justice is perfected in his mercy
In the ancient Syriac conception, there is no contradiction between the justice of God and his mercy. Rather, they are both aspects of God’s goodness and his divine plan for salvation. To take one without the other is to separate dimensions of the unity of God. We do this because we only have human minds, yet we must also remember that, in God, these qualities are one.
Record number of parishioners gather for Corpus Christi celebration in Punchbowl
A record number of parishioners gathered in Punchbowl for a Eucharistic Procession and Mass in Punchbowl in celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi on Thursday evening.
Three brothers become first Maronite laymen to be canonised
On Sunday 20 October 2024, I had the great joy of attending and participating in the canonisation of 14 new saints for the church by His Holiness Pope Francis, writes Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay.
Australian Middle Eastern churches pray for peace in Lebanon
The heads of the Middle Eastern Churches gathered this week at Beit Maroun Chapel to pray for peace in Lebanon and the world. The event was hosted by Bishop Antoine-Charbel Tarabay.
Lebanese cardinal condemns pager attacks as second wave terrorises the country
Catholic Church leaders in the Middle East condemned a second wave of explosions of hand-held devices across Lebanon and in the capital, Beirut, apparently targeting the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group.
