Rome’s gathering Middle East crisis

The first use of ‘Mutua Concordia’ seems to have guaranteed a poisoning of relations between the Eastern Churches and Rome.

A meeting is set to begin Tuesday in Lebanon. All the bishops of the synod of the Syriac Catholic Church have been invited to attend, though it is not clear how many will come — or if they will be joined by their patriarch, Ignatius Youssef III Younan.

Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, prefect of the Dicastery for Eastern Churches. Credit Vatican media.

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