Maronite Monk Beatified in Lebanon

KFIFAN, Lebanon – A Maronite monk was beatified by the Vatican on Sunday before a huge gathering of the faithful in northern Lebanon, an AFP reporter said.

Archbishop Angelo Amato, special envoy of Pope Benedict XVI, read the papal decree bestowing the title of "blessed" on Estephan Nehmeh (1889-1938), who devoted his life to "meditative prayer and unlimited service to the poorest."

The beatification of the monk, a member of the most powerful Christian church in Lebanon, was approved after doctors appointed by the Holy See in 2007 certified the "miraculous" cure of his niece, Sister Marina, from cancer.

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