National Catholic RegisterThe Continental Synodal Assembly for the Middle East gathered Feb. 13-17 in Lebanon, with representation from the seven Eastern Catholic Churches: Maronite, Melkite, Syriac, Chaldean, Coptic, Armenian and Latin.
Meeting in Beirut in the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey Feb. 6, participants discussed how to apply the principles of synodality to the difficult circumstances most local Catholics experience.