MARONITE. The Maronite rite traces its origins ... All the rites of the Catholic Church are of equal dignity and equally valid. Attendance at a different rite fulfills the Sunday obligation.

Lebanese Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church, invited Czerny to visit the country to see firsthand the efforts of the local church, "especially after the war that ...

Maronite Archbishop of Haifa and the Holy Land Moussa El-Hage was reportedly detained on Monday while carrying money and aid from Lebanese people living in Israel to their relatives in Lebanon ...