Existence of Opposition and Pro-government Forces in Governance Is a Heresy
The Maronite Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir considered Friday the presence of both opposition and pro-government forces in governance a "new heresy" never known to Lebanon before.
"The days we are living do not encourage us to move forward" Sfeir said during the celebration of Antonine University in the thirteenth anniversary of its foundation, adding "we may even say they are frustrating days."
Sfeir hoped "that our future will be better than our present and past."
He stressed on the importance of Dialogue among Civilizations expected to be held in Lebanon.
Sfeir addressed the university students saying "We hoped that the future would be better than the present," quoting a famous proverb "Search for what you can offer your homeland not what you can take from it."