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To: swain_forkbeard; Rashputin
Archbishop of the Greek Melkite Church does not speak for the Vatican.

Archbishop Bustros is a fully Roman Catholic archbishop. He served as the designated spokesman for a synod called by the Pope. His statement was given in Rome to describe the meaning of the official conclusion of the synod.

43 posted on 10/30/2010 5:13:43 PM PDT by mas cerveza por favor
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To: mas cerveza por favor

You were doing fine until you stopped with “the synod.”

It was a synod of Eastern Rite Catholics, who are in communion with the Bishop of Rome but have significant autonomy. They are not part of the Latin Rite that makes up about 95% of the Catholic Church. They were speaking for themselves. They also called for changes in the way the pope is elected—not exactly “the Vatican” speaking here.

They speak for Cbristian dhimmis living under Islam. This has been pointed out on other threads.

Whenever you see “the Vatican” said this or “the Vatican” did that, run for the tall grass. It’s normally a sign the person writing it doesn’t know what he’s talking about.


53 posted on 10/30/2010 5:47:07 PM PDT by Houghton M.
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To: mas cerveza por favor
Archbishop Bustros is a fully Roman Catholic archbishop. He served as the designated spokesman for a synod called by the Pope. His statement was given in Rome to describe the meaning of the official conclusion of the synod.

Anybody remotely disposed to take this idiot's assertions as fact should research the issue independently.
As a lifelong catholic with a Catholic education, I have no desire to waste any more time here responding to a herd of perverts, and their bash Israel and the Catholic church BS.

142 posted on 10/30/2010 10:02:12 PM PDT by Publius6961 (chcj"In 1964 the War on Poverty Began --- Poverty won."h the total es)
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