Aramaic, the language that Jesus spoke to his disciples, is chanted during daily Mass at St. Jude Catholic Church, which uses the Maronite Rite. The 200 parishioners of the Orlando church are mostly ...

Many parishioners at Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church in Toronto lost family members and friends when a devastating explosion on Aug. 4, 2020, killed hundreds and injured thousands in ...

Maronites accept authority of the pope but have own rituals%2C liturgy Vatican banned ordaining married men in America in the 1920s But over the years%2C popes have made exceptions on case-by-case ...

A group of Maronite Catholic monks is bringing a taste of their Eastern religious tradition to Castle Rock. The group, formally known as the Maronite Monks of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, is raising $3 ...

For the first time in nearly a century, a married priest has been ordained by the Maronite Catholic Church in the United States — and his wife and daughter were on hand to support him. Wissam Akiki ...

Pope Benedict XVI has written a personal letter to the retiring Cardinal Patriarch of Lebanon's Maronite Catholic Church, thanking him for his “service for the greater glory of God and the good of all ...

NEW BEDFORD — "God has a sense of humor," said the Rev. Jack Morrison. Raised as a Protestant, the Catholic priest of Scottish descent is the pastor of the Maronite parish of Our Lady of Purgatory ...

Majestic cedar trees towered over dozens of Lebanese Christians gathered outside a small mid-19th century chapel hidden in a mountain forest to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration, the miracle ...

Wissam Akiki, who is married, left, serves his daughter, Perla, communion after being ordained during a ceremony at St. Raymond’s Maronite Cathedral Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014, in St. Louis. Akiki is the ...

For the first time in nearly a century, a married priest has been ordained by the Maronite Catholic Church in the United States — and his wife and daughter were on hand to support him. Wissam Akiki ...