His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II Visits His Beatitude Patriarch Mor Ignatius Youssef III Younan at the Syriac Catholic Procura in Rome

On August 28, 2022, His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East and Supreme Head of the Universal Syriac Orthodox Church, visited His Beatitude Patriarch Mor Ignatius Youssef III Younan, Syriac Catholic Patriarch of Antioch at the Syriac Catholic Procura in Rome.

His Beatitude Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rai, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, His Beatitude Patriarch Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, Catholicos and Patriarch of the Armenian Catholic Church of Cilicia, His Beatitude Patriarch Anba Ibrahim Isaac, Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, and Head of the Council of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Egypt, His Beatitude Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Perfect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches in the Vatican, His Eminence Cardinal Christoph Schonborn, Archbishop of Vienna, were also present.

His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II was accompanied by His Eminence Archbishop Mor Joseph Bali, Patriarchal Secretary and Media Office Director.

Their Holinesses and Beatitudes discussed matters related to the Christian presence in the Middle East and the challenges that the churches are facing.

This news was originally published on His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II 's Facebook page.