Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Butros Sfeir will visit the Vatican next week for a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported on Thursday.The NNA report said Sfeir will also attend on September 19 a gathering between the pope and patriarchs of eastern Catholic churches to discuss among other things the situation of Christians in the Middle East.
Sources close to Sfeir told the NNA that during this trip, Sfeir will not visit France although he had received an invitation from President Nicolas Sarkozy.
On Sunday, Sfeir will move back from his summer residence in Diman to the seat of the Maronite church in the Kesrouan town of Bkirki.
The patriarch will tour the region of Batroun on his way to Bkirki. He will visit several churches in the region, according to the NNA.
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