Maronite Church
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Date: 2022-10-05

Maronite_Church:
Maronites who do not reside within a convenient distance to a local Maronite Church are permitted to attend other Catholic churches while retaining their Maronite membership. To commemorate their communion, Maronite Patriarch Youseff Al Jirjisi received the crown and staff, marking his patriarchal authority, from Pope Paschal two in 1100 AD. In 1131, Maronite Patriarch Gregorios Al-Halati received letters from Pope Innocent two in which the Papacy recognized the authority of the Patriarchate of Antioch. Sancrosanctum Concilium says, "Among these principles and norms there are some which can and should be applied both to the Roman rite and also to all the other rites. The practical norms which follow should be taken as applying only to the Roman rite, except for those which, in the very nature of things, affect other rites as well." The head of the Maronite Church is the Patriarch of Antioch and the Whole Levant, who is elected by the Maronite bishops and resides in Bkerké, close to Jounieh, north of Beirut. Lebanese Maronite Order Antonin Maronite Order Mariamite Maronite Order Congregation of Maronite Lebanese Missionaries The global Maronite population is not exactly known, but is estimated at more than 3 million, according to the Catholic Near East Welfare Association. According to the official site of the Maronite church, approximately 1,062,000 Maronites live in Lebanon, where they constitute up to 22 -23 percent of the population. A Maronite community of about 10,000 lives in Cyprus that speaks Cypriot Maronite Arabic. The two eparchies in the United States have issued their own "Maronite Census," designed to estimate the population of Maronites in the United States. The "Maronite Census" was designed to locate these Maronites.

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