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Lebanese gather to welcome Pope to Baabda palace

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On the second day of his 3- day visit to Lebanon Pope Benedict XVI celebrated on Saturday a mass at the Papal Embassy in Harissa, before heading for the Presidential Palace in Baabda to meet with Lebanon’s top officials and religious leaders.

Lebanese people began gathering along the coastal road from Jounieh to welcome the Pope on his way to Baabda.

The Pope is expected to have lunch with Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon, Members of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East, and the Papal Retinue at the Dining Hall of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate Bzommar.

Saturday afternoon, he will hold a meeting with the youth at the square across from the Maronite Patriarchate in Bkirki.

On his first day in Lebanon, he signed the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops, in the presence of the President of the Republic, Michel Suleiman, as well as senior political and religious officials.

Yesterday also he appealed to Christians, Jews and Muslims alike to “root out” religious fundamentalism, as deadly unrest sweeps the Middle East over a film mocking Islam. He also told the Christian minority in the Middle East not to fear for its future.

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27 responses to “Lebanese gather to welcome Pope to Baabda palace”

  1. Omeriko Omeriko Avatar
    Omeriko Omeriko

    He came to Lebanon on Hebrew new year’s eve. Tomorrow is the eve of Rosh Ha-Shana, 1st of Tishrey month. So I wish you in Hebrew: “Shana tova u-metuka, tichle shana ve-kileloteiha, tahchel shana ve-birkoteiha” – Which means:”Happy new and sweet year, may the misfortunes of the last year end, and may the blessings / good fortunes of the new year begin” (You may find here many words similar to Arabic). 

    1. saoudiAhbal Avatar
      saoudiAhbal

      no omer he came yesterday which was eid al salib the day of the cross, one of the most important dates in lebanese christian calendar which coincides with the day you murdered the lebanese president Bashir Gemayyel together with your allies at that time  the syrians; yet the assasination was performed by an atheist radical belonging to hizb al kawmi assouri habib al shartouni ibn al 3ahira in arabic.
      indeed arabic  and hebrew stem from aramaic; thanks for confirming this.

      1. saoudiAhbal Avatar
        saoudiAhbal

        I myself see a lot of resemblance between Bashir Gemayyel who was admired by many among us  and Hizbollah: the same way he avoided to massacre the mouslims in Lebanon when he was capable of doing it instead he opened his heart to them, Hizbollah is opening its heart to the christians while they were capable of genociding them; what would they risk if they massacred thh christians? to be called terrorists! they are already called terrorists

        1. saoudiAhbal Avatar
          saoudiAhbal

          I feel proud when hizbollah, a so called terrorist organisation by more terrorist ones, welcomes the Pope in a much better and eloquent way than geagea who pretends to represent the christians while hiding in his rathole  me3rab; even his wife abandoned him. At the same time, the so called jewish friends are criticising the visit of the Pope because they feel it as a threat to their existence: take it easy boys, christians are peaceful and do not constitute a threat to anybody unlike you. you better get lessons from his message of peace: Lebanon will be an example and a haven of coexistence of religions. IT HURTS YOU DOESN’T IT? Being a political christian, thus not necessarily for peace, rather abiding by pascals law “IF YOU WANT PEACE PREPARE WAR” i feel as a lebanese that hizbollah is for the time being the one which responds best to our aspirations. I hope they wont force us to change our minds like we did many times previously nevertheless the one who supports you when you are weak and defenseless cannot bite you when you are strong hence our alliance with hizbollah is more of a strategic one rather than a tactical one; just to reassure you: our power wont be affected if assad leaves; btw assad is leaving nowhere

        2. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          All as it was written … and as it should be … Dominus Wobiscum … etc. 🙂

    2. saoudiAhbal Avatar
      saoudiAhbal

      thanks for your wishes but i believe they are neither honest nor sincere; you are just trying to buy us by cheap words. ya know there are two types of enemies: the overt and the covert. Lets take the salafis for example: some of them tell you we want to kill you; they are overtly threatening you but they are more stupid and less dangerous than the hariri salafis who tell us practising taqyya: “oh we love you” while they are preparing the satour to stab us in the back as soon as we come to hug them.

  2. Omeriko Omeriko Avatar
    Omeriko Omeriko

    He came to Lebanon on Hebrew new year’s eve. Tomorrow is the eve of Rosh Ha-Shana, 1st of Tishrey month. So I wish you in Hebrew: “Shana tova u-metuka, tichle shana ve-kileloteiha, tahchel shana ve-birkoteiha” – Which means:”Happy new and sweet year, may the misfortunes of the last year end, and may the blessings / good fortunes of the new year begin” (You may find here many words similar to Arabic). 

    1. saoudiAhbal Avatar
      saoudiAhbal

      no omer he came yesterday which was eid al salib the day of the cross, one of the most important dates in lebanese christian calendar which coincides with the day you murdered the lebanese president Bashir Gemayyel together with your allies at that time  the syrians; yet the assasination was performed by an atheist radical belonging to hizb al kawmi assouri habib al shartouni
      indeed arabic  and hebrew stem from aramaic; thanks for confirming this.

      1. saoudiAhbal Avatar
        saoudiAhbal

        I myself see a lot of resemblance between Bashir Gemayyel who was admired by many among us  and Hizbollah: the same way he avoided to massacre the mouslims in Lebanon when he was capable of doing it instead he opened his heart to them, Hizbollah is opening its heart to the christians while they were capable of genociding them; what would they risk if they massacred thh christians? to be called terrorists! they are already called terrorists

        1. saoudiAhbal Avatar
          saoudiAhbal

          I feel proud when hizbollah, a so called terrorist organisation by more terrorist ones, welcomes the Pope in a much better and eloquent way than geagea who pretends to represent the christians while hiding in his rathole  me3rab; even his wife abandoned him. At the same time, the so called jewish friends are criticising the visit of the Pope because they feel it as a threat to their existence: take it easy boys, christians are peaceful and do not constitute a threat to anybody unlike you. you better get lessons from his message of peace: Lebanon will be an example and a haven of coexistence of religions. IT HURTS YOU DOESN’T IT? Being a political christian, thus not necessarily for peace, rather abiding by pascals law “IF YOU WANT PEACE PREPARE WAR” i feel as a lebanese that hizbollah is for the time being the one which responds best to our aspirations. I hope they wont force us to change our minds like we did many times previously nevertheless the one who supports you when you are weak and defenseless cannot bite you when you are strong hence our alliance with hizbollah is more of a strategic one rather than a tactical one; just to reassure you: our power wont be affected if assad leaves; btw assad is leaving nowhere

        2. 5thDrawer Avatar
          5thDrawer

          All as it was written … and as it should be … Dominus Wobiscum … etc. 🙂

    2. saoudiAhbal Avatar
      saoudiAhbal

      thanks for your wishes but i believe they are neither honest nor sincere; you are just trying to buy us by cheap words. ya know there are two types of enemies: the overt and the covert. Lets take the salafis for example: some of them tell you we want to kill you; they are overtly threatening you but they are more stupid and less dangerous than the hariri salafis who tell us practising taqyya: “oh we love you” while they are preparing the satour to stab us in the back as soon as we come to hug them.

  3. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    The way they drive on that road, let’s hope the crowd of well-wishers survives.
    Hmmm … Jounieh isn’t SO far from Tripoli … $30 taxi ride.
     ‘Hallooo … Christians up here too … hallooo’

    1. saoudiAhbal Avatar
      saoudiAhbal

      Et cum spiritutuum

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        The spirit fails me ….

    2. saoudiAhbal Avatar
      saoudiAhbal

      Et cum spiritutuum

  4. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    The way they drive on that road, let’s hope the crowd of well-wishers survives.
    Hmmm … Jounieh isn’t SO far from Tripoli … $30 taxi ride.
     ‘Hallooo … Christians up here too … hallooo’

    1. saoudiAhbal Avatar
      saoudiAhbal

      Et cum spiritutuum

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        The spirit fails me ….

  5. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Hi Pope. Welcome. This is what we call a ‘Palace’ in Lebanon … nice view, eh? 😉
    It’s where we have all those ‘Dialogues’ the news-people like to report on. We have dialogues so that news-people have work to do. Work is one of our minor problems in dialogues.
    OH, no, no, no … not all news-people end up bloody on the street in front of coffee-shops. Where did you hear that?
    Oh …. well, we had a dialogue on that ONE time, and it’s being looked into, I assure you.
    And ‘required newspaper licenses’ ?? Oh, THOSE are only to make sure all reporters are invited to the dialogues. We need to know ahead of time just who to invite to keep it ‘equal’.
    Now here, have some excellent local wine.
    Equal? I mean representatively, of course. Like our constitution guarantees … oops, there go the lights. Hang on, we will have electricity in a moment … the Palace is old and has it’s problems … step outside again for a moment … such a lovely day … ahhhh, there. Errr … just safely behind this pillar is good.
    You were asking …. OH, about women’s equality? Excuse my lack of Italian there …. BUT I see the lights just came on, so lets go inside again … after you … Yes, Better with AC working …. Only a Palace-problem, no doubt.
    Here, have some more wine … and let’s go meet all the people who do dialogues, shall we?
    Yes, I’ll have the servant bring the bottle….  Ah, I mean Maid … of course. I must brush up on that Italian …

  6. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    Hi Pope. Welcome. This is what we call a ‘Palace’ in Lebanon … nice view, eh? 😉
    It’s where we have all those ‘Dialogues’ the news-people like to report on. We have dialogues so that news-people have work to do.
    OH, no, no, no … not all news-people end up bloody on the street in front of coffee-shops. Where did you hear that?
    Oh …. well, we had a dialogue on that ONE time, and it’s being looked into, I assure you.
    And ‘required newspaper licenses’ ?? Oh, THOSE are only to make sure all reporters are invited to the dialogues. We need to know ahead of time just who to invite to keep it ‘equal’.
    Now here, have some excellent local wine.
    Equal? I mean representatively, of course. Like our constitution guarantees … oops,there go the lights. Hang on, we will have electricity in a moment … the Palace is old and has it’s problems … step outside again for a moment … such a lovely day … ahhhh, there. Errr … just safely behind this pillar is good.
    You were asking …. OH, about women’s equality? Excuse my lack of Italian there …. BUT I see the lights just came on, so lets go inside again … after you … Yes, Better with AC working …. Only a Palace-problem, no doubt.
    Here, have some more wine … and let’s go meet all the people who do dialogues, shall we?
    Yes, I’ll have the servant bring the bottle….  Ah, I mean Maid … of course. I must brush up on that Italian …

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