News from the Maronite patriarchate in Bkirki is now online, almost a year after Patriarch Beshara Rai was selected. Rai and church officials announced the new website, http://www.bkerkenews.org.lb/, on Friday, in what the patriarch called a blessed step amid the “destructive” uses of some types of modern technology. Rai said the proper use of media was essential to disseminate both news about Bkirki and Christian beliefs.