Al-Rahi lauds Aoun, says negotiations better than war
Maronite Patriarch Beshra al-Rahi said Monday after meeting with President Joseph Aoun that the relation between Bkerki and Baabda is very good and negotiations with Israel are better than war threats.
"I have no fears (of a new war) and we are now in the time of diplomacy and negotiations," al-Rahi told reporters in a short press conference after the meeting.
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Let him denounce racism in law, such as Article 24 of the Lebanese Constitution which requires 50% Christian representation in the national assembly. Google AI: The Maronite Patriarch holds significant, centralized spiritual authority over all
Maronite Catholics worldwide as the head of this Eastern Catholic Church, operating within the Catholic Communion, but this isn't absolute in a totalitarian sense; he's a spiritual leader, head of a sui juris (self-governing) Church, accountable to the Pope, with his authority historically balanced by Maronite nobility and modern governance structures, especially in Lebanon, where he's a key political figure, though not a dictator.
