On the evening of Monday, 9 November 2026, the Latin Ecclesiastical Court in Amman held a graduation ceremony for lawyers who completed their qualification requirements. The graduates received accreditation to plead before the Latin Ecclesiastical Court. The ceremony was organized in cooperation with the Faculty of Canon Law at La Sagesse University in Beirut.

The ceremony took place at the Church of the Good Shepherd at Our Lady of Peace Center, under the patronage of His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. Msgr. Nabih Mouawad, Dean of the Faculty of Canon Law at La Sagesse University, also took part. The graduates received their certificates and took the oath before His Beatitude.

Also present were H.E. Bishop Iyad Twal, Patriarchal Vicar for the Latins in Jordan; His Beatitude Patriarch Fouad Twal; H.E. Archbishop Antimos Jack Yakoub, Patriarchal Vicar of the Syriac Orthodox Church; and Archimandrite Boulos Nazha, Patriarchal Administrator of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.

They were joined by Fr. Majdi Siryani, President of the Court of Appeal; Fr. Aktham Hijazin, President of the Court of First Instance in Amman; and Fr. Emil Salayta, President of the Court of First Instance in Jerusalem and Nazareth. Judges of the ecclesiastical courts, priests and the graduates’ families also attended.