His Beatitude Patriarch John X meets His Holiness Pope Francis

His Beatitude Patriarch John X, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East met His Holiness Pope Francis at the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican City.

The private meeting between His Holiness and His Beatitude touched upon the day of prayer for Lebanon to be held tomorrow in the Vatican, at the invitation of His Holiness to all the heads of Christian communities in Lebanon. The meeting also touched on the Christian situation in the Middle East in all its aspects.

His Beatitude expressed to His Holiness the Antiochian point of view: tolerance, refusing introversion and exclusion, and building bridges of inclusion to all components.

His Beatitude commended the role entrusted to the Holy See to save Lebanon by exerting pressure for establishing a Lebanese government and by supporting the combined proposals and consensus to determine the fate of one united Lebanon in coexistence and citizenship.

His Beatitude also presented the situation in Syria, noting the necessity to lifting sanctions on Syria and Lebanon, as they affect the citizen's livelihood …

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