The shepherd received the Bishop of Cyprus and a Bologna delegation

The Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al -Raei, at the summer headquarters in Al -Diman, offered the conditions of the Lebanese in general and the Maronites in particular, with the Bishop of Cyprus Selim Sfeir and Archbishop Elias Nassar, along with a Polish delegation that included: Bishop of Legenisa in Bologna André Siminiuski and his secretary Thomas Colombian and the Maronite priest in Bologna Fabio Lofti.
The shepherd was briefed on the conditions of the Maronite Lebanese in Bologna, saying “their love and appreciation for its spiritual position and its national stances.” Bishop Siminivski and the priest Lofti presented to the Patriarch a picture of the hill lady. The shepherd received Bishop Elias Suleiman and discussed with him an ecclesiastical affairs.