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	Nasrallah Cardinal Sfeir - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sfeir was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of November 26, 1994; as the Patriarch of a sui juris particular Church who has been made a cardinal, Sfeir is a Cardinal Bishop.
		Sfeir is fluent in many languages: Syriac, Aramaic, French, Italian, Latin, and English, as well as his native Arabic, of which he knows both the classical and Lebanese dialect forms.
		Sfeir was at times a vocal critic of Syrian prevarication against its implementation, up until around 2003, falling silent again just as anti-Syrian views were becoming more widespread.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Nasrallah_Cardinal_Sfeir (1110 words)

	Patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church to Receive Saint Louis University’s Highest Honor \| Saint Louis University
		Cardinal Sfeir is the President of the Assembly of all Eastern Catholic Patriarchs.
		Cardinal Sfeir also is a central figure in the Catholic Church - he offered the homily during Pope John Paul II's 25th anniversary Mass and presided over the Mass at St. Peter's Basilica honoring the deceased Vatican leader.
		Cardinal Sfeir is considered one of the most important figures in the Middle East.
	www.slu.edu /readstory/more/7002 (736 words)

	Cardinal Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Cardinal Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (Arabic: الكاردينال مار نصر الله بطرس صفير) (born May 15, 1920 in Rayfoun, Lebanon) is the patriarch of Lebanon's largest Christian body, the Maronites.
		Sfeir was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in the consistory of November 26, 1994.
		Sfeir is fluent in many languages: Syriac, Aramaic, French, Italian, Latin, and English, as well as his native Arabic, of which he knows both the classical and Lebanese dialects.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nasrallah_Cardinal_Sfeir (1523 words)

	Lebanese cardinal to meet with Bush
		Sfeir's bold broadside, and his campaign for Christian-Muslim harmony, won wide respect among Lebanon's Muslim majority, and all the country's political factions have courted him at his seat in Bkirki, on a mountain hugging the Mediterranean shore.
		The crowds forced Sfeir to be flown by helicopter from Bkirki to the airport.
		Sfeir has been a strong advocate of Christian-Muslim coexistence in a country where Christians' political power dwindled over the decades as their majority evaporated and where sectarian divisions led to the devastating 1975-90 civil war.
	www.cardinalrating.com /cardinal_173__article_801.htm (498 words)

	Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome
		Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, leader of the largest Christian community in Lebanon, believes that his country can be an example of coexistence between various religious communities.
		Cardinal Sfeir, 84, is too old to participate in the upcoming conclave to elect a new pope.
		Cardinal Sfeir: The Holy Father did a lot for Lebanon and we must continue in his same line, namely, to work so that the country will return to being what it was before the war.
	www.zenit.org /english/visualizza.phtml?sid=68989 (687 words)

	Catholic-Pages.com \| Cardinals of the Catholic Church: Biography of Cardinal Sfeir
		Cardinal Sfeir was born on May 15, 1920, in Reyfoun, in the eparchy of Sarba of the Maronites.
		Sfeir also had the difficult task of safeguarding the spiritual and cultural traditions of the Middle East's largest Maronite community.
		He was elevated to the College of Cardinals by John Paul II during the Consistory of November 26, 1994.
	www.catholic-pages.com /hierarchy/cardinals_bio.asp?ref=199 (167 words)

	Preaching Unity in Lebanon
		Sfeir's entourage said he was heartened by assurances from Bush that the United States would stand by the Lebanese people and their demands for a complete Syrian withdrawal.
		Bush told Sfeir that he would be "firm in holding Syria to its public promises for a full withdrawal from Lebanon and would follow through to keep it in the hearts and minds of the international community," according to Maronite Bishop Gregory Mansour, who is based in New York and attended part of the meeting.
		Sfeir said recent history had taught the Lebanese a "very dour lesson" and doubted they would repeat the same mistakes and resume wartime hostilities.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/03/26/AR2005032602157_pf.html (728 words)

	Dossier: Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (May 2003)
		Sfeir was born in the village of Rayfoun, Keseouan on May 15, 1920.
		During the course of 2000, Sfeir and the Maronite religious establishment began a steady progression toward unprecedented criticism of the Lebanese regime and, by the end of the year, of the Syrian occupation itself.
		In August 2001, Sfeir toured the predominantly Druze Shouf region of Mount Lebanon and visited Moukhtara, the ancestral stronghold of Druze leader Walid Jumblatt.
	www.meib.org /articles/0305_ld.htm (6992 words)

	Nasrallah Pierre Cardinal Sfeir
		Cardinal Nasrallah Peter Sfeir, patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church, arrived in St. Louis on Thursday to begin a pastoral visit to the United States.
		Cardinal Nasrallah Butros Sfeir has decried the state of schism plaguing the ranks of Lebanon's Christians, and called for better relations between them and their non-Christian surrounding.
		Sfeir said Lebanon was being plunged into "deadly confusion" regarding the impact of the expected report from the international probe into the murder of former Premier Rafik Hariri.
	www.cardinalrating.com /cardinal_173.htm (1979 words)

	CNS STORY: Syria's withdrawal will ease divisions, Lebanese cardinal says
		Cardinal Sfeir told CNS he meets regularly with Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, a Maronite Catholic, and believes the president understands and is influenced by the church's concerns.
		The cardinal said Lahoud's term was to have ended in November after six years in office, but a constitutional amendment passed in September gave him another three years in power.
		Cardinal Sfeir said the withdrawal of Syrian forces also would help encourage the return of Lebanese who have left their country for more secure lives elsewhere.
	www.catholicnews.com /data/stories/cns/0501510.htm (1069 words)

	USATODAY.com - Eastern cardinal sees problems with married priests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But the cardinal warned the 245 bishops attending the synod's eighth daily session that marriage causes "just as many problems as it resolves," according to the text released by the Vatican.
		Sfeir dismissed that solution, saying it was not ideal "if one takes into consideration traditions, habits and mentalities" that differ from place to place.
		Cardinal Clemens August von Galen decried Adolf Hitler's policy of eugenics, which called for euthanasia for "unproductive citizens" such as the disabled, in a famous sermon in 1941 while still a bishop in his diocese of Westphalia.
	www.usatoday.com /news/religion/2005-10-07-priestsmarriage_x.htm (849 words)

	A patriarchal visit to the Maronite church in Lawrence - The Boston Globe
		Sfeir conducted his press conference Thursday in a room off the church sanctuary with relics testifying to both Catholicism and its Maronite version.
		Sfeir's news conference in Lawrence drew both American reporters and Lebanese television journalists, and Sfeir alternated using English and Arabic for his answers.
		Sfeir confidently predicted that the American wing of the church would not be weakened by assimilation.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/07/15/a_patriarchal_visit_to_lawrence (827 words)

	Naharnet Newsdesk - Patriarch Sfeir Bids Farewell to 'Lebanese Pope'
		Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, Patriarch of the Maronite Church, is on his way to the Vatican to bid farewell to John Paul II, the 84-year-old Pontiff of Catholicism who earned the title of "Lebanese Pope" during his 1997 historic visit to Lebanon, which his holiness called "the dearest country to my heart."
		Sfeir is scheduled to stay up to 10 days in the capital of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.
		But Sfeir, who is three days or seven days older than John Paul II, is not, because of old age, eligible to attend the conclave of 117 cardinals from all over the world sometime next week to elect the new Pope.
	www.naharnet.com /domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/story/978180122A651CAFC2256FDB0029B8A0?OpenDocument (642 words)

	AmericanPapist: Not Your Average Catholic!: Lebanese Cardinal Sfeir Leads Peace Service in Washington (+background)
		Nasrallah was in the United States this month when the violence began and spent his last day -- yesterday -- speaking about the holy nature of peacemaking.
		Cardinal Sfeir hopes to return to Lebanon soon says CNS, which also quoted a man in Sidon, Lebanon as having said that "all Catholic churches were opening their doors to people who needed refuge, but that church officials did not know how long they could hold out.
		Cardinal Sfeir, 86, is known for his keen intellect, artful diplomacy, openness, prudence, tenacity and humility.
	americanpapist.com /2006/07/lebanese-cardinal-sfeir-leads-peace.html (812 words)

	Violence Threatens Lebanon Again, Patriarch Warns
		Beirut (AsiaNews) --- In one of his most meaningful homilies, delivered yesterday during Mass celebrated at the seat of the Maronite Patriarchate in Bkerke, the Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, admonished those responsible for the "danger which is at the door" after last week's events in Lebanon.
		Cardinal Sfeir highlighted the basis of the Church's social teaching, "based on justice, just compensation and the spreading of social peace based on the worthy life of each human being."
		The cardinal harped on issues which "create sorrow in the hearts of many" because of war, social discrimination and division due to ethnic and religious differences.
	www.aina.org /news/20060116164058.htm (347 words)

	Patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church to Make Historic Stop in the Greater Boston Area July 12-14
		Cardinal Sfeir will arrive at Lawrence Airport on the afternoon of July 12, and will celebrate a Pontifical Liturgy at 7:30 p.m.
		Cardinal Sfeir also is a central figure in the Catholic Church.
		Cardinal Sfeir was a strong voice for reason and sanity in the latter years of the Lebanese conflict.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/07-05-2006/0004391726&EDATE= (1221 words)

	RELIGION-Bishops-Meeting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lebanese Nasrallah Pierre Cardinal Sfeir, patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, told the synod of bishops that married priests have to divert their attention away from their parishes to their wives and children, assuring their care and education.
		Unlike Roman Catholics, their priests do not have to be celibate, and Sfeir said half of the priests in his diocese are married.
		Sfeir dismissed that solution, saying it wasn't ideal "if one takes into consideration traditions, habits and mentalities" that differ from place to place.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/world/051007/w100744.html (443 words)

	Lebanonwire.com \| Bush meets Sfeir, expresses 'deep desire' to see Lebanon free
		Maronite Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, head of the 900,000-member Maronite Catholic Church, has been a longtime critic of Syria's control in Lebanon.
		Bush said he assured Sfeir that the United States is working with allies to insist that Syria completely leave Lebanon so the country can hold free elections.
		Sfeir thanked Bush for his ``sincere interest'' in a free and peaceful Lebanon.
	www.lebanonwire.com /0503/05031602AP.asp (470 words)

	Cardinal (Catholicism) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Giovanni Battista Re, Cardinal Bishop of Sabina-Poggio Mirteto, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops;
		Nasrallah Sfeir, Patriarch of Antioch for the Maronites.
		A cardinal named in pectore is known only to the Pope; not even the cardinal so named is necessarily aware of his elevation, and in any event cannot function as a cardinal while his appointment is in pectore.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cardinal_(Catholicism) (3311 words)

	Lebanon Photo Diary, Lebanese News in Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lebanese Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, center, is surrounded by supporters wave Lebanese flags in front of the seat of the Maronite Catholic Church in Bkriki, Lebanon Tuesday March 27, 2001.
		Supporters of the Lebanese Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, wave flags and crosses in front of the seat of the Maronite Catholic Church in Bkirki, Lebanon Tuesday March 27, 2001.
		Supporters of the Lebanese Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, wave Lebanese flags and banners in front of the seat of the Maronite Catholic Church in Bkriki, Lebanon Tuesday March 27, 2001.
	www.cedarland.org /pat.html (408 words)

	Catholic News Agency
		Celebrations are set to begin Wednesday afternoon with a gathering of cardinals, presidents of the bishops’ conferences, heads of the dicasteries and patriarchs.
		Sticzen recounted that during the spiritual exercises the future John Paul II preached to the Roman Curia and to Pope Paul VI in Lent of 1976, the Polish Cardinal focused on the prayer of Jesus in Gethsemane, pointing out that the Lord’s request to “watch and pray” was not fully heeded.
		Cardinal Saraiva remarked that “another characteristic of this Pontificate is the great emphasis on the quest for peace for mankind.
	www.catholicnewsagency.com /showarchive.php?date=2003-10-14 (1729 words)

	I M F \| Background Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		His Eminence Nasrallah Butros Cardinal Sfeir, the spiritual leader of the Maronite Church, represents an unbroken succession from the first Maronite Patriarch in 687.
		Patriarch Sfeir's vision is for peace in Lebanon and for Lebanon to have peace with all of its neighbors.
		Patriarch Sfeir wishes to convey his respects to President George W. Bush and to thank the American Administration and the American People for their untiring efforts for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, and for the confidence, support and respect they have shown toward Lebanon.
	www.maronet.org /whitehouse.htm (911 words)

	Sfeir
		Syria has said the presence of the Syrian army in Lebanon is legitimate and is a matter for both governments to decide.
		Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Syrian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah - considered terrorist by the United States but an anti-Israeli liberation group by many Lebanese - said Washington was acting against Syria only to help Israel.
		Deep down we agree, but we disagree on the means," Sfeir was quoted as saying during his current tour of European countries.
	www.free-lebanon.com /LFPNews/2003/October/Sfeir/sfeir.html (882 words)

	EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA - Lebanese church leader visits 'my people' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sfeir, head of the Maronite Church worldwide, was making a historic stop in Lawrence during a tour of the United States.
		Sfeir was greeted with applause as he entered the church along with 20 other priests and bishops from the Maronite, Melkite, Greek Orthodox, Armenian Apostolic and Roman Catholic churches.
		In his homily, Sfeir talked about the role the Virgin Mary has had in the world and encouraged people to turn to her in times of need.
	eagletribune.com /homepage/local_story_194115434?... (711 words)

	-- Beliefnet.com
		Sfeir's views made him a de facto leader of the opposition and put him in direct conflict with the pro-Syrian government, which says the presence of Syria's 30,000 troops in Lebanon was necessary for stability after the 1975-90 civil war.
		During his North American tour, Sfeir called on the estimated 2 million people of Lebanese descent not to forget their homeland and preached that Lebanon can only survive by Christian-Muslim coexistence.
		Sfeir and many Christians have openly questioned Syria's continued hold over Lebanon.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/73/story_7328_1.html (319 words)

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