Lebanon’s Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, and his accompanying delegation will be returning to Beirut this afternoon ( about 4:00 pm) on the private jet of former deputy Prime Minister Issam Fares. Sfeir was on a 4 day official visit Rome to participate in preparations for the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East that will be held in October 2010.