Thank you for your sweeping generalizations! They may not be true but they give you a convenient excuse to object to any reunification of the Churches, which you apparently oppose. How many Catholic bishops do you know for a fact permit Communion to be given to active homosexuals or to cohabitating couples? What this archbishop did was clearly wrong but it is not typical of the Catholic bishops in the U.S. to do things like this. Before you condemn the Church for officially tolerating this kind of abuse, let’s see whether or not the Holy See disciplines this archbishop.
It is clear to me that you hate the Catholic Church and are only too happy to bash it when the opportunity arises.
ok show it.
Which bishops have actually refused publicly?
“They may not be true but they give you a convenient excuse to object to any reunification of the Churches, which you apparently oppose.”
I think you’ll find that I am among the last people here on FR to object to a reunion of the Roman Church and the Orthodox Churches and further am among the biggest cheerleaders for +BXVI. I am, however, very, very concerned about the lunacy and, frankly, heresy, which seems to permeate much of the Roman Church, at least in the First World. I know that +BXVI isn’t part of this; I don’t know if a majority of First World bishops are for or against what this article speaks to. It is pretty plain that the majority of Roman bishops here in the States are not overly concerned about protecting the Eucharist otherwise they would be flocking to Archbishop Burke’s position. Orthodox Christians take the Eucharist very seriously. We Greeks are viewed by the West as strict, the Russians, however, make us look like agnostics. Another thing you should understand, sfc, Orthodox Christians have a positive religious duty to condemn heresy when they see it, whether it be from a hierarch, a priest, a monastic or a layperson. We honestly believe, and have no problem pointing out, that the floor of hell is paved with the skulls of bishops. If there ever is a reunion, we’ll keep right on doing that!
“It is clear to me that you hate the Catholic Church and are only too happy to bash it when the opportunity arises.”
I’ll bash both the Roman and the Orthodox Churches when the need arises. It has nothing to do with hatred. It has to do with religious obligation and love for The Church, Orthodox and Roman.