[jo kus]

All of this is a long way of explaining why I said "at least officially," when I said that Catholicism had given up Uniatism as a means of unity. This is still a very, very sensitive area for the Orthodox, and it never ceases to amaze me that even knowledgable Catholics speak about the Eastern Catholic churches as entities that could possibly aid in achieving unity, when their effect has been exactly the opposite...

Why should this amaze you? This isn't exactly front-page stuff for us. I hadn't read the Balamand Agreement, never heard of it. Perhaps it is front and center for you, but it is practically unheard of in the US, unless one is Eastern, I suppose. I do thank you and Kolo for your correcting me on this, but don't be surprised that other Catholics have the same concept. Very few of us are aware of your points of view on this subject, as you are unaware of many Catholic issues.

Regards

[Agrarian]

"Why should this amaze you?"

I specifically refered only to knowledgable Catholics, and I guess I was meaning Catholics who are furthermore very interested in and in favor of seeking union with the Orthodox. I wouldn't think that a Catholic would have to scratch the Orthodox surface very deeply to discover this.

But you are right -- there are internal discussions and rumblings in both of our ecclesiastical bodies of which the other is for the most part unaware.