Referring to the situation of the country, the Metropolitan of Beirut, Elias Audi, asked, “How can you build a country if some of its citizens don't believe in it? How can a society be reformed if some of its members cling to their own interests? How do you root out corruption in an administration that is always surrounded by the corrupt and never lets itself be discouraged?”
He felt that many “demons manipulate the people of this country and its leaders (...). The demons of pride, envy, self-interest, hatred, exploitation, refusal of change, profit and exploitation and other demons that have corrupted souls and ruined the country, and unfortunately, they are still omnipresent and prevent reform and progress in the process of rebuilding this country, its administration, its institutions and its society.”
Bishop Audi urged a return to self and a reform of what has become corrupt. He added, “Our country has been handed over, abused and killed again and again, and it needs new blood, a new mindset and a modern vision.”
Comments