Sfeir Backs All Reconciliation Efforts
Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir on Friday left for the Vatican, saying he backs reconciliation efforts among all the Lebanese, be they Christians or from other communities.
Sfeir, talking to reporters at Beirut”s Rafik Hariri International Airport, said previous attempts by Bkirki to achieve intra-Christian reconciliation have failed, but "we could try again."
He declared support for efforts exerted by the Maronite League to achieve intra-Christian reconciliation.
In answering a question as to whether he thought alleged fundamentalism in north Lebanon posed a threat, Sfeir said: "Fanaticism is horrifying, be it in the north, south or anywhere else."
Sfeir headed to the Vatican to take part in a church event.