ACI MENA, Sep 7, 2025 / 06:00 am

Lebanon must seize available regional and international opportunities to restore full sovereignty over its territory and unite around constitutional institutions, the Maronite bishops stressed in a recent statement. They emphasized that full sovereignty is essential for achieving the state’s reform agenda and for leading Lebanon out of its ongoing crisis.

The bishops’ statement came during their monthly gathering on Sept. 3, held at the patriarchal summer residence in Dimane, a mountainous village in the North Governorate of Lebanon, under the leadership of Patriarch Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi and with the participation of the superiors general of the Maronite religious orders.

The bishops welcomed the international consensus to extend the mandate

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