Sfeir Against Deadly Mixture of Politics with Religion
Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir stressed on Tuesday the need for not mixing politics and religion, expressing his surprise to having the photos of some Lebanese political figures placed on prayer rosaries as well as a video clip of Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah filmed in a church in Haret Hreik.
"Whenever politics is mixed with any issue, that issue is spoiled," Sfeir told a visiting delegation of law students from the Lebanese University.
The Patriarch called for distinguishing between what is holy and what is political.
"We had enough sedition. However, if religion is mixed with sedition catastrophe is born," Sfeir said.
The Maronite patriarch said the current circumstances are difficult.
"We have to know how to overcome such difficulties," he said.
He called on the students to join ranks not to slide into sedition.
*Addition reporting from NOWLebanon