Patriarch Rai arrived in Rome on an official visit after his long trip to the United States of America.  The Maronite Patriarch was welcomed by Lebanese Ambassador to the Vatican Georges Khoury. His visit to Italy is presumed to last one week. 

To read the homily of Patriarch Bechara Boutros el Rai at his enthronement as Maronite Patriarch of Antioch and all the East, click [Here].