الراعي: لا أمانع في زيارة الحجاج المسيحيين الى الأماكن المقدسة لاحقا
Read this story in Englishأفادت معلومات صحافية أن رئيس الجمهورية ميشال سليمان أعرب للبطريرك الماروني الكاردينال مار بشارة بطرس الراعي عن عدم تأييده لزيارته الى الأراضي المقدسة.
وأضافت أن الراعي رد عليه قائلاً: "لا أمانع في زيارة الحجاج المسيحيين الى الأماكن المقدسة لاحقا".
وكشفت صحيفة "السفير"، الجمعة أن سليمان صارح الراعي بأنه يفضل عدم القيام بهذه الزيارة في ظل مناخ الانقسام الوطني الذي يحيط بها، فضلا عن عدم نضوج ظروفها الاقليمية.
وأشارت الى أن سليمان أبدى استعداده لتأمين الغطاء السياسي لأي موقف قد تتخذه البطريركية المارونية في اتجاه صرف النظر عن هذه الزيارة المثيرة للجدل، "طالما أن الكرسي الرسولي لا يطلب ولا يفرض أي توجه محدد في هذا الشأن وطالما أن القرار متروك لكرسي أنطاكية وسائر المشرق"، أي للراعي شخصيا.
وعلمت الصحيفة عينها أن "الراعي دافع عن قراره وأوحى لرئيس الجمهورية بأنه لن يتراجع، وقال انه لا يمانع قيام المؤمنين في المستقبل برحلات حج إلى الأراضي المقدسة".
ويرافق الراعي، البابا فرنسيس في زيارته الى الاراضي المقدسة بين 24 و26 ايار الجاري، في اطار جولة ستشمل ايضا الاراضي الفلسطينية والاردن.
وفي هذا السياق، اكد الناطق باسم الفاتيكان الاب فيديريكو لومباردي في أحاديث صحافية، أن "الراعي ليس ضمن الوفد الرسمي للبابا الى القدس وذاهب بمبادرة منه".
يذكر أن لبنان في حالة حرب رسميا مع اسرائيل. ولا يمكن لاي لبناني ان يزور اسرائيل تحت طائلة الملاحقة القانونية بتهمة "التعامل مع العدو"، الا ان رجال الدين المسيحيين، وبموجب اتفاق ضمني بين السلطات الدينية والسياسية، يذهبون الى الاراضي المقدسة في اطار مهامهم الروحية مع الرعايا المسيحيين.
يشار الى أن زيارة الراعي للأراضي المقدسة تلقى العديد من الأصداء الإيجابية منها والسلبية.
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Lebanon as is cannot survive .Politicions please seriously consider Northern Lebanon as independent country and Southern Lebanon as another independent country, subsequently let people decide themselves where they want to live .
Ya Suleiman, I'm not even a Maronite but al Rahi has the right to visit whichever territory on earth he wishes to. Al Rahi is one of the last bastions of the Christians of the East and must reaffirm their position in this region by defying the enemy state of Israel and going there irrespective of the political situation.
I hate what religion has done to this country. It destroyed all sense of national identity and is the main (fake) cause of wars. Maybe its time for religious institutions to play a role in breaking down barriers and fixing what our politicians have fought to destroy for so long.
Maybe its time for fake religious figures such as Pseudo Sayyed / Cheikh Hassan Nasrallah to disappear and let the true messages of all religions, PEACE / ISLAM / LOVE take over !
Such figures couldn't be further away from "religion" and have hijacked the true meaning and purpose of religion to fuel wars, hatred, crimes and wealth !
Abbas is jumping from joy for al r3i visit,meanwhile Al ra3i told Suleiman it is unacceptable to have Baabda without a president post may 25.
How about al ra3i invites all his Maronite politicians and make them choose one for baabda palace, otherwise they remain sleeping at his place until the white smoke comes out.
Mr. President, despite the fact that I am one of your devoted supporters, this time Sir I cannot but disagree with you. Let His Eminence go to where he needs to go, he hasn't done anything illegal and we shan't live under anyone's shadows anymore.
@ Phoenix1, i respect your point of views that are equitable and based on true convictions. Nonetheless i dont understand why you keep answering people like ibnblabla and others that keep teasing you with fake profiles and similar names as yours. these people are here out of hatred. As for @flamethrower, i can see you get along well with phoenix1 on certain matters although i can understand that your point of views differ. I am glad to see that opposing camps can agree. You both should stick together developping your elaborated views that are not always the same but nonethless constructive and respectful without paying attention to other insects. Do not take it as an order or as someone trying to impose rather take it as an advice from a fellow patriot that is happy to see opposing camps argue but respectfully
@ All, to come back to the subject, president Sleiman is someone that has earned the respect of many lebanese by his class and his devotion for his country. Nonetheless, he is not a strong president and didnt chose to be a confrontationnal one although he knows deep inside he is more confortable with march 14th than march 8th. Rahi's visit is nobody's business and no one has the right to stop him from visiting any country in the world for religious purposes. In fact, his courageous stance must be a lesson and also maronites must be reunited at bkerki in order to chose the next president that will be in front of Hezbollah which is an unstoppable force, an immovable object himself.