I don't like to think about it too much, because it scares me. I certainly don't want to derail the thread into a rehash of the whole thing, but it seems a contravention of the First Commandment, especially if all of the signs of Christ were removed in the attempt to ecumenicate (I know that's not a real word.)
For me, the worst part is that I don't think there was any intent to contravene it, just this kind of Man before God, to get Man to God, type of thinking that there is no cure for.
I've never been able to develop an affection for the philosophy of Humanism (it doesn't consider Christ at all!), and it is this philosophy that lead to Assisi with the predicatable results of Humanism leaving it's not so precious mark on Catholicism, but Catholicism leaving no mark at all on Humanism.
I probably think too much. I should probably think less and pray more.
I don't want to rehash the whole Assisi thing either, but St. Paul wrote that Christ crucified would be a stumbling block to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles, but he didn't go on to say that we should therefore hide the crucifixion. He said that the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and I think that quote could be applied to humanism.
OK. Now I'll shut up and try not to think for awhile.