[MarMema]

Something very wrong is happening in catholic (lower-case 'c') churches.

Speak for yourself. The Orthodox church is alive and well. Bartholomew has always erred on the side of ecumenical and overly friendly behavior and we have long known of his tendency in this direction.

[David1]

At the very least have the guts to meet dissidents. Or would that again have been too rude for him??? But I know he is only human and can commit mistakes. He commited a mistake by not meeting with the dissidents. That is the least he could have done.

[PattonReincarnated]

>> Speak for yourself.

I believe I was speaking for myself. I will also say, for myself, that I am rather ignorant of the Orthodox Church. So what I see is superficial. I find it inherently wrong to show any sign of friendship with a dictator such as Castro. I hate to say this, because I know it will ruffle a lot of feathers, but I have problems with the Pope's lack backbone when it comes to evil regimes such as Saddam's and outright opposition to United States foreign policy. I should mention that I stopped going to the Episcopal Church when the Presiding Bishop overtly opposed fighting the war on terror. Now the Episcopal Church allows queers to be Bishops. Sick – absolutely sick. The Roman Church has a bunch of queers running around too, but they just are not as open about it. Sick – absolutely sick. One can be a And I consider Castro evil - and absolutely sick. Christian and still fight evil. Of course, I’m just speaking for myself.