Maronite Bishops Make Ad Limina Visit to Dicastery for Integral Human Development
By Claudette
Posted Nov 8, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The 37 bishops of the Maronite Church visited the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development during their ad limina visit. The source reports that the challenges facing the Church were the primary points of discussion.
Those challenges arise in a land marked by the coexistence of faithful of different confessions and religions, by limits on the freedom of faith and worship, and by persecution of Christians. Such coexistence amid deep differences is a picture of peacemaking (Romans 12:18).
The Maronite Church is a Church sui iuris, a patriarchal Church in communion with the Catholic Church. Its rites and liturgy derive from the Antiochian tradition, and it still uses Syriac as its liturgical language.
The source notes that “Mar” means “holy” in Aramaic. The Maronite Patriarchs also bear the second name “Boutros,” which refers to St. Peter, founder of the Church of Antioch.
According to the source, the Maronite Church is the only Church of the East that has always remained faithful to the Apostolic See. It also preserves a formal element of autonomy: the Patriarch is elected by the Synod of Bishops and only after the election makes a profession of communion with the Roman Pontiff.
The source lists the six principal Rites of the Catholic Tradition as Alexandrian, Antiochian, Armenian, Chaldean, Rite of Constantinople (Byzantine), and Latin (Roman). It states that the Maronite Church follows the Antiochian rite.
Source: Read the original report
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