الراعي ترأس أول قداس بعد منحه الكاردينالية: الإرشاد الرسولي يوحد شعوب الشرق
Read this story in Englishأكد البطريرك الماروني الكاردينال مار بشارة بطرس الراعي أن شعار "شركة ومحبة" يتخذ دفعه من الإرشاد الرسولي الذي يرسم الوحدة بين شعوب الشرق.
وقال الراعي في خلال ترؤسه أول قداس بعد منحه رتبة كاردينال في الفاتيكان مساء الإثنين قال "شعار "شركة ومحبة" هو شعار يتخذ دفعه من الإرشاد الرسولي الذي وقعه البابا بنديكتوس السادس عشر في لبنان وسلمه إيانا رسميا اثناء زيارته لبنان".
وأشار الراعي إلى أن "هذا الإرشاد يرسم لنا الطريق للسير بشعب لبنان ومع شعوب بلدان الشرق الأوسط الذين يعيشون آلام النزاعات والتباعد إلى شركة الاتحاد بالله عموديا والوحدة بين جميع الناس أفقيا".
وأبدى اعتقاده أن "السلام في المنطقة لن يكون فعليا ما لم يتأسس على الاحترام الصادق للآخر المختلف".
وكان قد منح البابا البطريرك الراعي شارة الكاريدنالية السبت إلى جانب خمسة آخرين من بلدان العالم وميزه عنهم بإعطائه درجة الأسقف وهي أعلى مرتبة بين الكرادلة.
وبذلك يصبح الراعي رابع بطريرك للموارنة يمنح هذه الرتبة بعد البطاركة بولس المعوشي وأنطون خريش ونصرالله صفير.
وكان قد قدم البابا لحوالى 15 مليون مسيحي في الشرق الاوسط خارطة طريق للحفاظ على التعددية الدينية والثقافية في مجتمعاتهم وحثهم على البقاء في مهد المسيحية رغم كل الصعوبات.
ومن أبرز ما دعا إليه الإرشاد الذي وقعه البابا من لبنان في أيلول الفائت أن "مسيحييي الشرق الاوسط لديهم الحق والواجب في المشاركة الكاملة في الحياة المدنية ولا يجب ان يعاملوا كمواطنين درجة ثانية".
He can begin by trying to unite the Lebanese which is the opposite of what he did before his trip to the holy siege. Good luck cardinal.
With all due respect. And I would never talk smack about any religious person that does not claim he is God or given and legitamcy by God himself, but really couldn't they choose a better pic?
Should add DEVELOPMENT THROUGH RESPECT.
The region is going backward as religion taking over destiny of the citizens.
Leave religion and self respect.
Preach education and future development .
This way you eliminate the cronies and corruption.
Could the gvt tell lebanese people how much tax payers money did this trip cost to them? thank you.
"you wouldnt mind if it was patriarch sfeir, now, would you, hypocrite?"
as stupid as usual.only in your M8 stupid mind you want to believe that i think that way.it fits your pôpulist idiotic binary propaganda. as usual if i am against one means i am with the other. how stupid can you be? it has no bottom it seems....
contrary to you, whoever the cardinal is, tax payers money should not be wasted on bling bling trips...
they whine they haven t got any money to raise the salaries, but they find money to send a HUGE delegation to have fun in Rome...
cardinal cheikh and so forth are at the root of lebanese problems...
A Warning Against Hypocrisy
by Matthew:
"...23 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 2 “The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. 3 So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. 4 They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.
5 “Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries[a] wide and the tassels on their garments long; 6 they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues; 7 they love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and to be called ‘Rabbi’ by others.
8 “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. 9 And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. ...."
This man is so full of himself. His Red garb and uniform has cost thousands of dollars being made from the finest materials!
The church is straying from its true mission and it is up to us to stop glorifying those of its leaders who talk the talk but do not walk the walk.