"However, the Latin Church has noted the "bridge" between the West and the Eastern Orthodox - the Eastern Catholics. They still continue their particular cultural practices and celebrate the Liturgy in the same way as they have for over a thousand years. They are, however, in union with the Pope. This can be a lesson on how unification can take place, since the Eastern Catholics have a similar background that the Eastern Orthodox do."
Umm, Jo, that's Uniatism. That's caused quite enough trouble already and, I think, Rome has rejected it, at a minimum in public.
I thought Uniatism were the Ukrainian Catholics living among the Russian Orthodox Catholics... Those living in the US are considered Uniate? Rome rejects the Eastern Catholics? I think you are mistaken. Rome has written encyclicals on the Eastern Churches - I'd have to look up the names of them. But Vatican 2 writes about them, considering them a bridge.
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