[NYer]

Pope John Paul II and Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of America Demetrios Trakatellis are about to embrace during a solemn ceremony in which 42 new archbishops received the pallium, a band of white wool decorated with black crosses that symbolizes their bond with the Vatican, in St. Peter' s square at the Vatican Sunday, June 29, 2003.

[NYer]

"The exchange of delegations between Rome and Constantinople, for the respective patron feasts, goes beyond just an act of ecclesiastic courtesy," the pontiff said. "It reflects the profound and rooted intention to re-establish the full communion between East and West."

Viva Il Papa!

[Conservative til I die]

That picture's gonna make a lot of bitter FR Orthodox go crazy!

[Chancellor Palpatine]

He can beg and plead, but it ain't going to happen, no matter how much he wants it to.

[don-o]

John Paul has made improving relations with the Orthodox Church a hallmark of his nearly 25-year papacy, visiting several mostly Orthodox countries and expressing regret for the wrongs committed by the Catholic Church against Orthodox Christians.

Forgive me, but JP2 might have done better by spending more time and attention in getting his American Bishops into line, rather than trying to enlarge his vicarate with folks who have repeatedly made it clear that we ain't interested.

[MarMema]

Archbishop Demetrios To Lead Patriarchal Delegation To Vatican

NEW YORK, NY June 25, 2003 (GOARCH) -- His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America and Exarch of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, will lead a three member delegation to the Vatican June 27 -- July 1.

The delegation will represent His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and will meet with Pope John Paul II, continuing a tradition of exchange visits on the occasions of the patronal feasts of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (St. Andrew, Nov. 30) and the Church of Rome (Saints Peter and Paul, June 29). These visits were initiated in 1967 by Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras and Pope Paul VI.

Joining Archbishop Demetrios as members of the delegation will be His Grace Bishop Theodoritos of Nazianzos from the Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain, and The Grand Archimandrite of the Ecumenical Throne Athenagoras.

[B-Chan]

Well, based upon the Christian love I see in this thread, I'm sure Satan is trembling in his boots tonight.

But don't worry: we'll have our reunion -- either by choice, or when we find ourselves back-to-back in the catacombs as the Enemy closes in for the kill.

May God bless our Pope, and our Orthodox brothers and sisters!

[newberger]

I've been reading this "garbage" all day.

Some witness to God's love you all are.

This discussion makes me sick.

"Behold, how they love one another." NOT!

Paul (aka Newberger)

[George W. Bush]

John Paul has made improving relations with the Orthodox Church a hallmark of his nearly 25-year papacy, visiting several mostly Orthodox countries and expressing regret for the wrongs committed by the Catholic Church against Orthodox Christians.

Well, we can consider if he's sincere when he visits Croatia and tells them to stop glorifying the Ustashe Catholics who, in alliance with Nazis, persecuted and murdered 2 million Serb Orthodox. Until he does that forcefully, the rest of his act is just a dog-and-pony show for gullible rubes.