Communique, 18 January 2008
For two days, Friday and Saturday , the 18th and 19th of January, their Excellencies the Maronite Bishops
and the Superior Generals of the Major Maronite Orders have held a special two day meeting in Bkerke. His
Eminence and Beatitude, the Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Peter, Cardinal Sfeir presided over the meetings. His
Beatitude, Mar Narcis Pedrus The Nineteenth, Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church and two assistant Bishops
joined in during the second meeting on Saturday. The meetings have discussed the current situation in Lebanon. At
the end of the meetings the following communiqué was issued :
1 – Currently Lebanon has reached a tragic condition which affected Lebanon's entire official and social
administration. This state of tragic affairs is a source of worry, and it demands that all Lebanese people, despite
their political affiliation, examine more carefully the current situation and try to avoid the consequences with wisdom
and care.
2 – Based on Lebanon's developing situation , The Fathers alarm that the overall matters will lead to empty
Lebanon from her Constitutional, Social and Religious Government. Thereafter, all Lebanese people should come
back to themselves, and their nation in one line to save Lebanon from the potential upcoming dangers.
3 – It is obvious that the declining Economy Situation inquires that all, especially the leaders, should look at
things more carefully and uncover the needed solutions that will save the Lebanese people from the Economic
Crisis the country is suffering from. This crisis is a fundamental base for the present and ongoing political disaster.
4 – As the Church invites all people specially its faithful to turn to God, the Church motivates everyone to be
guided by the teaching of the Almighty, and urges them to stand together as united brothers and sisters, to multiply
the efforts leading to safeguard the Nation from the threatening dangers. The Church calls upon all the leaders, to
hurry and revive the Constitutional Government, starting by election of a new president for the Republic, forming a
united nation ministry cabinet, and agreeing on a just and fair deputy electoral law that would insure a true
representation for all .
5 – All the Fathers as they come together around His Eminence the Patriarch, Head and Father of the
Maronite Church, express their complete solidarity with him, their absolute renunciation for all the negative media
hype that attacked him and the Church. Finally the Fathers solicit all the Children of the Church and their Lebanese
brothers and sisters to disregard the political disagreement, in reason to think together in the destiny of their
Country of Lebanon, and to work together to rebuild the unity and solidarity between all the Children of the Nation.
For two days, Friday and Saturday , the 18th and 19th of January, their Excellencies the Maronite Bishops
and the Superior Generals of the Major Maronite Orders have held a special two day meeting in Bkerke. His
Eminence and Beatitude, the Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Peter, Cardinal Sfeir presided over the meetings. His
Beatitude, Mar Narcis Pedrus The Nineteenth, Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church and two assistant Bishops
joined in during the second meeting on Saturday. The meetings have discussed the current situation in Lebanon. At
the end of the meetings the following communiqué was issued :
1 – Currently Lebanon has reached a tragic condition which affected Lebanon's entire official and social
administration. This state of tragic affairs is a source of worry, and it demands that all Lebanese people, despite
their political affiliation, examine more carefully the current situation and try to avoid the consequences with wisdom
and care.
2 – Based on Lebanon's developing situation , The Fathers alarm that the overall matters will lead to empty
Lebanon from her Constitutional, Social and Religious Government. Thereafter, all Lebanese people should come
back to themselves, and their nation in one line to save Lebanon from the potential upcoming dangers.
3 – It is obvious that the declining Economy Situation inquires that all, especially the leaders, should look at
things more carefully and uncover the needed solutions that will save the Lebanese people from the Economic
Crisis the country is suffering from. This crisis is a fundamental base for the present and ongoing political disaster.
4 – As the Church invites all people specially its faithful to turn to God, the Church motivates everyone to be
guided by the teaching of the Almighty, and urges them to stand together as united brothers and sisters, to multiply
the efforts leading to safeguard the Nation from the threatening dangers. The Church calls upon all the leaders, to
hurry and revive the Constitutional Government, starting by election of a new president for the Republic, forming a
united nation ministry cabinet, and agreeing on a just and fair deputy electoral law that would insure a true
representation for all .
5 – All the Fathers as they come together around His Eminence the Patriarch, Head and Father of the
Maronite Church, express their complete solidarity with him, their absolute renunciation for all the negative media
hype that attacked him and the Church. Finally the Fathers solicit all the Children of the Church and their Lebanese
brothers and sisters to disregard the political disagreement, in reason to think together in the destiny of their
Country of Lebanon, and to work together to rebuild the unity and solidarity between all the Children of the Nation.
