Vatikan preparations are quiet to crystallize the Pope’s visit to Lebanon

Tony Attia wrote in “Calling of the homeland”: After the words of the Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Mar Bechara Boutros Al -Raei, that Pope Lawn XIV may visit Lebanon before the end of this year, preparations began to crystallize quietly in the corridors of the Vatican and the Lebanese parties concerned.

The two parties show a great concern for the success of the visit away from any acceleration, in order to avoid the repetition of the scenario of former President Michel Aoun, when the Presidency Office initiated the announcement of the visit of Pope Francis in 2022, but the Vatican was not officially confirmed, causing confusion and misdemeanor between the two sides. It is necessary, it should be noted that for 70 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, it was not mentioned that the official Lebanon was facing with the Holy See, except when Gibran Bassil was a minister of foreign affairs, as Pope Francis rejected the credentials of one of the diplomats presented by the head of the “current” as an ambassador to Lebanon in the Vatican, due to his “prayers with Masonic? The Lebanese side insisted on it, which almost threatened diplomatic relations, before Lebanon retreated and formed a historical precedent and a black point in the record of the Presidency of the Lebanese Republic, as the custom before and after Taif is that the choice of the Lebanese ambassador to the Vatican is limited to the President of the Republic.
Since the establishment of the Lebanese Republic, three rabbis have visited it: Pope Paul VI, on January 2, 1964, when he stopped for fifty minutes at Beirut International Airport, during his trip to India. Then Pope John Paul II, on May 10 and 11, 1997, which broke the barrier of fear for Christians and Lebanese, and paved the release of the rice revolution, whose paddle Patriarchs put a half. As for the third ink, it was the fifteenth Benedict, where he visited Lebanon from 14 to 16 September 2012, and Beirut chose to announce the Apostolic Guidance Document on the Middle East. This interest reflects a unique and exceptional relationship between the Apostolic Chair and Cedar Country. From here, the upcoming visit of Pope Laun fourteen comes as a new station in this historical context, carrying spiritual dimensions and extremely important political messages, at a time when the Lebanese need a papal momentum, constitutes a moral crane in a path that Lebanon is free from the “reluctance” prison and the return of communication again to the free world, and the restoration of its natural role in the region, as a act of peace and a civilized tributary, not, not As a cross -border hired mercenary, or a drug factory that is poisoned by individuals and countries. In this context, a church source explained that Pope Luna XIV will not issue an Apostolic guidance as Pope John Paul II and Bandictus XVI did, as the guidelines usually emanate from Senodes or a church complex in which all Catholic bishops around the world participate, and draws a long -term road map. Since Lebanon has already received an Apostolic guidance, the upcoming arrival of the successor of Boutros will carry a direct message to the Lebanese, focusing on establishing peace between the countries of the region, and confirming the Vatican support for the unity and sovereignty of Lebanon. The visit will also give a moral and shaded cover with “Petrosy” to the era of President Joseph Aoun and the government of Nawaf Salam, and opens the door to correcting the imbalance that affected the Islamic -Christian partnership, as a result of successive external commandments, and the relegation of the weapon team internally, which weakened the Lebanese formula and deepened the divisions.
The source stressed that the visit of the Pope will prove the positions of the sovereign and patriotic Patriarch of the Patriarch, which calls for the consolidation of stability and peace, and to distance Lebanon from the conflicts of the axes. On the other hand, the Rome Chair is not affected by the incitement campaigns or negative messages sent by some politicians, including Christian, media, media and partisan personalities, to the Vatican circles against the policy of Berki and its master.
He concluded that he does not rule out the possibility that the Pope will integrate the visit of Lebanon and Turkey as part of one tour, in an initiative between East and West, especially since the greatest ink, expressed his desire to participate in the commemoration of the 1700 years of the Nicaea Complex (the first ecumenical complex in the history of the church, was called by Emperor Constantine in 325), where the celebrations are expected to take place in the late November (Nick Old) In Istanbul.