الراعي مغادرا الى الولايات المتحدة: انا لست رجل سياسة وزيارتي راعوية
Read this story in Englishغادر البطريرك الماروني مار بشارة بطرس الراعي الى الولايات المتحدة الاميركية: "واجب علي من باب القانون الكنسي ان أزور كل الابرشيات وكل شعبنا".
وأكد الراعي في تصريح قبيل مغادرته المطار، على مواقفه التي كان قد اعلنها سابقاً. وحول زيارة الرئيس الأميركي باراك أوباما أو لا، أعلن الراعي: "أنا لست رجل سياسة او دولة، انا بطريرك اقوم بزيارة راعوية الى الابرشيات والرعايا هناك".
وعما اذا كانت مواقفه الاخيرة تعكس مواقف الفاتيكان، قال الراعي: "يكفي ان نقرأ ما يقوله الفاتيكان والكرسي الرسولي لنعرف اذا كان ما يقوله متطابقا مع ما اقوله انا او لا".
وعن القمة الروحية الاقليمية التي دعا اليها، قال: "ان هذه القمة لها دور مهم في كسر الجليد والتذكير بالمبادىء والثوابت المسيحية والاسلامية".
ولدى سؤاله اذا كان سيزور سوريا، أجاب: "واجب علي من باب القانون الكنسي ان أزور كل الابرشيات وكل شعبنا ولنا رعايا في الاردن وفي الاراضي المقدسة وفي سوريا وفي العالم العربي وينبغي علي ان ازور كل الموارنة في الوطن العربي".
ونقلت طائرة خاصة يملكها رجل الاعمال جيلبير شاغوري، الراعي ويرافقه النائب البطريركي العام بولس صياح ومستشاره المحامي وليد غياض الى الولايات المتحدة.
وكان في وداعه في المطار وزير السياحة فادي عبود ممثلاً رئيس الجمهورية ميشال سليمان، رئيس المجلس العام الماروني الوزير السابق وديع الخازن، المطرانان رولان ابو جودة وسمير مظلوم، وفد من الامن العام برئاسة رئيس دائرة الامن العام في المطار العقيد وديع خاطر ممثلا المدير العام للامن العام اللواء الركن عباس ابراهيم، وعدد من الآباء العامين وشخصيات.
ويتوقع أن يزور الراعي العراق تزامناً مع ذكرى تفجير كنيسة سيدة النجاة في الأول من تشرين الثاني عام 2010، غير آبه بالمحاذير الامنية القائمة لتكون بمثابة "بلسمة للجراح وإعطاء أمل لمسيحيي العراق بغد افضل، على أن تأتي هذه الزيارة ايضاً وما سيليها في إطار التحضير للقمة الروحية على صعيد الشرق الأوسط" وأن هذه الزيارة هي للتمهيد لإعادة من هجر منهم بفعل الإجرام والإرهاب الذي طالهم".
Faggot priest with utopian dreams of becoming patriarche since the 80's. He should not have seen it! The best comparison made to his situation was that with a deceased unpopular Mohammed El-Meouchy...
the filthy zionist information war department still cannot believe that we have such a patriotic maronite patriarch
geha, your comments reflects your name. Go get a life and spend less time on the internet. As your remarks are just a waste of webspace.
True! You are not a man of politics. Politicians are much smarter.
But since you've recognized that you are not a man of politics, why do you spend so much time on TV playing politics?
The fact that you told - and repeated to - the whole world that you are on a strictly pastoral visit is politics. Had your visit not been politically motivated, you wouldn't have spent so much effort trying to make us believe that it has nothing to do with politics. I suppose that you would describe your visit to the Lebanese south as pastoral? No politics in that visit either? Come on. Who are you kidding?
All Lebanese Americans should boycott the visit of Al Rahi over his outrageous stances, Al Rahi (just like all the other "religious" as well as political so called "leaders" in Lebanon) needs to be taught a lesson that his contempt to the very strong and rooted beliefs of the free Lebanese in General and Christians in particular, when it comes to Freedom and Democracy and his hijacking their will by his whims and personal ambitions WILL NOT BE TOLERATED, by taking these outrageous stances Al Rahi now has lost legitimicay and now only represents himself, his personal ambitions and cowardness.He couldn't be more at odds with the message of Christianity, he has become but a Hypocrite and the sooner he is made to resign (he will not do it on his own as he views it as a money churning job) the better it is for the free Lebanese and Vatican and the free peoples of the ME and the world. The Church has made numerous mistakes in its history let them not add a new one.
A very warm , huge and popular welcome is prepared to our beloved Patriarch Al RAHI in USA by the Maronites and the Christians Lebanese , and by all the Lebanese diaspora that are waiting for that visit to express their gratitude to His Beatitude for his firm stands and wonderful speech in Paris during his official visit ten few weeks ago . The Lebanese Diaspora Welcomes its Patriarch in USA with pride and hopes for a better Lebanon .
Le Phenicien i do not know which part of the USA you live in but here in New york the Al adhi will not be welcome with open arms but the patriarch will be . this man does not represent the consonances of the Christians in Lebanon . I'm a Maronite and i believe strongly in my religion but i don't stand with this man that calls him self a patriarch .
People who oist insulting comments are low-life. I do notnecessarily agree with wht Alrahi says, but he is still our Patriarch, and he deserves our respect. Being personal and insulting, reflects on theperson posting the commenr, more than anyting else. I fully agree, the patriarch should stick to religion; there are enough so called politicians in Lebanon. Long live lebanon.