Pope Francis Gives Maronite Patriarch a new Appointment


On Saturday, November 30, 2013, Pope Francis Appointed Maronite Patriarch, Cardinal Mar Beshara Peter Rahi as member in the Congregation for Catholic Education in the Vatican for five years. The main activities of this congregation are to spread the principles of Catholic education and apply it in the Catholic schools, universities and seminaries. 

This congregation has the power to authorize the establishment of canonic universities and institutes, to organize its laws and regulations, and to preserve the Catholic doctrinal education within such centres, and to promote collaboration and communication between them.

Cardinal Al Rahi is also member in several congregations, among them the Council for Oriental Churches, the Papal Council for Media, the Papal Council for Expatriates and others.

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