“Mar Nasrallah Peter Cardinal Sfeir is Patriarch of Antioch and all the East.”
It is merely a title of honor. No one, save perhaps Cardinal Sfeir (and I doubt even he does), believes he is the Patriarch of Antioch. Even the Maronites claim the title only for Maronites and no one else. The fact is he is a cardinal, nothing more (and is due respect as such) and ALL the other particular churches view him as such.
Mar Nasrallah Peter Cardinal Sfeir is the legitimate successor of Patriarch Cyril VI who was duly elected in 1724. The Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, Ignatius IV, is the successor of Sylvester of Antioch, a Greek monk who was imposed upon Antioch by the Patriarch Jeremias III of Constantinople who declared Ignatius’ election invalid. Of course we must ask by what right did the Patriarch of Constantinople have in interfering with the autocephalous church of Antioch?