Rome doesn't "need" you at all.
What both Rome and Constantinople "need" is to obey the Lord's clear command in John 17:20-23. No amount of pride can justify doing otherwise.
“Rome doesn’t “need” you at all.”
Of course it does. Rome is quite frank about that.
“What both Rome and Constantinople “need” is to obey the Lord’s clear command in John 17:20-23.”
Surely you are not suggesting that Orthodoxy succumb to the World and jump on the political bandwagon of the likes of Burke or Chaput or Martino? Is God now endorsing American politics so long as it is spouted from a Latin rite bishop?