Sfeir Worried about Mass Emigration of Christians

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Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir on Thursday expressed concern over the mass emigration of Christians in search for security and hoped the New Year would bring peace to Lebanon and the Middle East.

In a statement to a delegation from the Maronite League Council headed by Dr. Joseph Tarabay, Sfeir said: "The emigration of Christians from the region has increased."

"More than one million Christians left the region in search for security, stability and calm," he said. "Despite that, Lebanon is still enjoying relative calm."

The patriarch told another delegation visiting him in Bkirki that he hoped "the New Year would bring harmony and peace to Lebanon and the region."

"Lebanon will no longer exist if each sect from Lebanon's 18 confessions" acts on its own, Sfeir said.

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