[Pio]

Real ecumenism is Bible thumping Baptists and Catholic traditionalists sitting down and acknowledging how much we share (love of Scripture chief among them.) Until recently ecumenism was liberal mainline Protestant fruit cakes and scum like John Kerry locking lips...well...Pope Benedict is in the process of crushing that. He's making big time overtures to the Eastern Orthodox...this'll drive liberal Catholics absolutely nuts.

[kharaku]

As an Orthodox Christian I appreciate his stance and actions. (I still have no big interest to see the Orthodox church unite with the Catholic Church however if the points which have separated the two for so long can be resolved with attention to scripture, and biblical teaching: why not? It seems Pope Benedict is interested in pursuing that track)