“...the Orthodox need to turn to Catholicism...”
Agreed, (as far as doctrine, but retaining their own liturgies, etc.) and all your points are well taken. It did cross my mind that this Pope may have a bad motive such as the one you stated here. However, God can work all things towards good in the end and maybe this would start a reconciliation between the East and the West, if it can be done without changing the Church’s (pre Vatican II) doctrines. Probably not possible, but one can hope.
“...To call Gregory of Narek a “Doctor of the Universal Church” – a monumentally high standard – is an incredibly subtle, backhanded way of saying that it is okay TO BE WRONG ABOUT WHO GOD IS. That is to say, it is okay to break the First Commandment, that it doesn’t really matter WHO GOD IS, and that the efforts and labor of the Church, espoused to and protected by the Holy Spirit, to bring forth the infallible truth, taught infallibly by the Magisterium for over 1500 years about WHO GOD IS, is either
A.) not important,
B.) in error, or
C.) CHANGEABLE –
because it has to be one of those three. Sound familiar? This is exactly what it seems Francis and his cabal are trying to do with the Sixth Commandment. And the First Commandment is, at its core, more important than the Sixth. Therefore, in the big picture, this putative naming of Gregory of Narek as a Doctor of the Church, is actually worse...”
http://www.barnhardt.biz/2015/02/24/the-first-commandment-is-first-for-a-reason/