At the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai will travel to Paris on Sunday, December 8, to attend the reopening ceremony of Notre-Dame Cathedral after five years of restoration and renovation work following the fire that devastated significant parts of this iconic monument of Paris and France.
In his Sunday homily, the patriarch praised the international community, particularly France and the United States, for facilitating the conclusion of a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel.
"We hope that Lebanon and Israel will be able to implement the agreement to cease hostilities," he said, adding that the 60-day truce should "turn into a lasting peace."
The Maronite patriarch also expressed hope that the people of both countries could "live in peace based on the armistice agreement" signed in 1949 between Lebanon and Israel.
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