Sfeir urges state to help world bodies vaccinate children
Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir, during his weekly Sunday sermon in Notre Dame Church in Bkirki, called on the government to participate in the measles vaccination campaign launched by the World Heath Organization and UNICEF.
Following his sermon, the prelate received a delegation of teachers from the Lebanese Forces, presided by Henry Bakhos, with whom he discussed Lebanese teachers” problems and demands that led to last Thursday”s strike.
“We can only hope for things to get better … for our government to be solid, for the Parliament to open back its doors and pass laws” the prelate said.
Sfeir also received head of Lebanese Peace Party, Roger Edde, who informed the prelate about his latest trip to the United States and discussed with him the country”s situation.
“The only way for Lebanon to avoid the disasters of a possible regional war is to respect UN Security Council Resolution 1701,” Edde said.
Edde warned that if Hizbullah avenges the killing of its senior security official Imad Mughniyeh, Syria would engage in war with Israel since Mughniyeh was killed in Damascus on February 12.