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Asharq Al-Awsat learned from a prominent Lebanese Christian leader that “the Maronite Patriarch, Mar Bechara Boutros Al-Rahi, returned from the Vatican after meeting with Pope Francis and senior officials from Vatican departments directly concerned about the Lebanese situation, taking advice to Christian leaderships of all political and party affiliations, leading to withdrawing from deliberation the call to establish a federal system and to renounce its proposal because Christians have no interest in creating such a system that could threaten Muslim-Christian coexistence in current circumstances.
The Christian leader, who preferred not to be identified, stated that “the Vatican called for greater integration between Christians and Muslims, and believed that it is necessary to protect and strengthen it, especially in light of the current circumstances that the region is going through and the changes that they beat it, and considered that the current formula on which Lebanon is based will be maintained. ” The best, although it needs development, but within the scope of the democratic game.
He noted that “the Vatican understands without hesitation the reasons for the allegations that the sponsor made to Pope Francis and to those concerned about the Lebanese file, specifically in relation to the stalled government formation and the delay in rebuilding the devastated area that affected Beirut as a result of the explosion in the port. ” “.
He explained that “the Vatican, while understanding the sponsor’s call for the positive neutrality of Lebanon and not involving it in the ongoing conflicts in the region, its call to withdraw federalism from deliberation has the support of the countries of the European Union. “. He stressed that “Pope Francis has decided to provide humanitarian aid to the Lebanese affected by the explosion, taking into account their social and living conditions given the high level of poverty and the increase in unemployment, which has reached an unprecedented rate.”
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