This article is about the word of Soeur Marie during the beatification of Father Yakoub.

( From the Daily Star)
There were lots of reasons why Sunday’s beatification of Father Yaaqoub Haddad in Downtown Beirut was meaningful for so many Lebanese, and it was a nun who pointed out the most important ones. It took the memory of a saint to get so many politicians and clergymen of different orientations in the same place, but it was Sister Mary Makhlouf who captured the relevance of the moment for today’s Lebanon - and therefore for tomorrow’s. What she told those gathered to celebrate Father Yaaqoub’s like of service and sacrifice was what that far from being a weakness, the diversity of Lebanese society should be its most important strength.

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