Patriarch Gregory - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 22 Jun 2016 23:52:29 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Patriarch Gregory - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Melkite bishops want to oust Patriarch - Rome washes hands https://cathnews.co.nz/2016/06/24/melkite-bishops-want-oust-patriarch-rome-washes-hands/ Thu, 23 Jun 2016 17:05:46 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=83973 A synod of the Melkite Church has been postponed as half the church's bishops tried to force the resignation of their patriarch. Ten Melkite bishops boycotted the synod meeting, in trying to get Patriarch Gregory III Laham to go. "I shall not resign," Patriarch Gregory declared, denouncing the boycott. Without the 10 bishops, the synod Read more

Melkite bishops want to oust Patriarch - Rome washes hands... Read more]]> A synod of the Melkite Church has been postponed as half the church's bishops tried to force the resignation of their patriarch.

Ten Melkite bishops boycotted the synod meeting, in trying to get Patriarch Gregory III Laham to go.

"I shall not resign," Patriarch Gregory declared, denouncing the boycott.

Without the 10 bishops, the synod in Lebanon had to be postponed as it lacked a quorum.

A Lebanese archbishop and his allies had written to the Vatican Congregation for the Eastern Churches, urging the removal of Patriarch Gregory.

But the Vatican replied that the matter should be handled by the Melkite hierarchy, acting in synod.

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