Patriarch to consecrate the Middle East to the Immaculate Heart

The consecration by Cardinal Rai will take place at Fatima on Sunday

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The head of the Maronite Church is to consecrate Lebanon and the whole of the Middle East to the Immaculate Heart of Mary during a pilgrimage to Fatima.

The act of consecration by Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai will take place during a Eucharistic liturgy on Sunday, according to Fides news agency. It will mark the culmination of "Lebanon Day" at the shrine, which will begin late on Saturday with the recitation of the Rosary and a candlelit procession.

Fides said Patriarch Rai has already consecrated Lebanon and the Middle East to the Immaculate Heart but at a Marian shrine in Harissa, Lebanon, rather than at Fatima.

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