The council of Maronite bishops urged the Lebanese on Wednesday to protect the social fabric and prevent Lebanon from being turned into a battleground.
“The spread of terror through booby-trapped cars and security chaos … should compel everyone to protect Lebanon’s social fabric and prevent it from being turned into a battleground for different conflicts,” the bishops, who met under Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi in Bkirki, said.
They said the failure to find a solution to political, security and economic crises calls for holding onto the National Pact, which they said is the basis for Lebanon's existence.
The National Pact embraces everyone based on unity and equal participation in power, the bishops said.