Patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church Visits St Louis

His Beatitude and Eminence Nasrallah Peter Cardinal Sfeir
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Saint Louis University will bestow its highest honor, Sword of Ignatius Loyola, on the Patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church.

His Beatitude and Eminence Nasrallah Peter Cardinal Sfeir, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, is visiting St. Louis and Saint Raymond's Maronite Cathedral as part of a pastoral visit to America. He is the most significant religious figure to visit St. Louis since Pope John Paul II in 1999, and his visit marks only the fourth time a Maronite patriarch has journeyed to the United States.

Cardinal Sfeir also will receive an honorary doctorate of laws from Saint Louis University during a special ceremony at 12:30 p.m. Friday, June 30, in the Anheuser Busch Auditorium of John and Lucy Cook Hall. The event is open to members of the SLU community and the public.