DB: Pope Francis has just met the Orthodox Patriarch of Russia. What is your view about the meeting? Will it bring about unity with Rome, or lead to a synodal Church which allows Holy Communion for the remarried?
BAS: Firstly, the meeting itself is a cause for joy, that it took place, because the Orthodox are a strong Church with beautiful and authentic traditions, images, devotion to Our Lady, angels, devout liturgies, Holy Mass celebrating in a beautiful manner, penance, fasting, monastic traditions, they have so many true Catholic values they have kept.
It seems to me that this meeting was conditioned politically, it was very quickly made, more politically motivated. And, I don’t think that this meeting will have an impact on the Church becoming synodal, or make it easy for the divorced and remarried to receive Holy Communion as they allow in the Orthodox Church.
I agree with the strong statements of the pope and patriarch on the family, and against gender ideology, and against persecution of the Christians, but what I don’t agree with is the statement on the Uniates. This is an injustice, because the Uniates wanted to be united to the pope in the past, since the Council of Florence in the 15th century. It was very positive with many fruits – saints, martyrs, so we can’t say it was wrong.
Also, the statement on proselytism, it was an accusation against the Catholic Church. I am living in an orthodox area and the Church does not do proselytism – this statement was unjust. And so I think the Holy See has ceded to the pressure of the patriarch. It seems the Orthodox dictated some points to accept, and this is against truth and against justice, such a dialogue is not a real ecumenical dialogue. Dialogue has to be fraternal, equal on the human level, so all these compromises, which harm truth and justice will not bear fruits for real unity.
Friday, March 11, 2016
1P5 Interview with Bishop Schneider
Exclusive Interview: Bishop Athanasius Schneider on Evangelization, Zika, Freemasonry, the Orthodox & More!
Even [Anglican] Latin Traditionalists Can Be Feminists
Fr. Hunwicke: Yet another bachelor??
Ironically, part of the problem of having celibates in charge of the Congregation of the Family may actually be to celibates (and those with very little experience with women) being prone to pedestalizing women and buying into rhetoric about equal opportunity and such. (This does not apply to Fr. Hunwicke insofar as he is married but what of his status?)
Daniel Blackman on feminism.
But Papa Bergoglio would enhance his Media reputation for being a man who thinks 'outside the box' if he appointed a married man or woman to head the Congregation of the Family.... I see no peremptory doctrinal reason why dicasterial heads should not be lay*; nor would it worry me to see a woman in such a role (Mary Ann Glendon, sadly, is beyond the retirement age).
Ironically, part of the problem of having celibates in charge of the Congregation of the Family may actually be to celibates (and those with very little experience with women) being prone to pedestalizing women and buying into rhetoric about equal opportunity and such. (This does not apply to Fr. Hunwicke insofar as he is married but what of his status?)
Daniel Blackman on feminism.
CWR Blog: Ukrainian bishops meet with Francis; detail crisis: "Ukrainians have endured a new type of onslaught ..." by Carl E. Olson
Pope expresses his "profound recognition for your fidelity and I encourage you to make yourselves tireless witnesses to that hope which makes more luminous our existence and that of all our brothers and sisters around us."
Pope expresses his "profound recognition for your fidelity and I encourage you to make yourselves tireless witnesses to that hope which makes more luminous our existence and that of all our brothers and sisters around us."
Thursday, March 10, 2016
Fr. Ermes Ronchi
All true Christians should embody the compassion of the Good Samaritan, offering caring witness towards those who...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Thursday, March 10, 2016
The priest leading the spiritual exercises for Pope Francis and the Roman Curia says the Church must not shine the...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Someone Needs to Be Fired
Who's minding the newspaper these days?
No To Woman As Priest. But At Least Let Her Give the Homily by Sandro Magister
“L'Osservatore Romano” is calling for this in its women’s supplement. But Francis would have to contradict himself, in addition to the age-old tradition of the Church. Because he as well, two years ago, prohibited women from preaching during the Mass
No To Woman As Priest. But At Least Let Her Give the Homily by Sandro Magister
“L'Osservatore Romano” is calling for this in its women’s supplement. But Francis would have to contradict himself, in addition to the age-old tradition of the Church. Because he as well, two years ago, prohibited women from preaching during the Mass
Wednesday, March 09, 2016
Monastic Rules at Byzantine Era
The Ascetic Rules (7) that he drafted for the monastery which he founded in Pontus in 361, inspite of their strict...
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, March 8, 2016
The 40 Marytrs of Sebaste
"A troparion of the liturgical Service in honour of the Forty Martyrs says: ‘Suffering with bravery at present, we are...
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Listen to the Daily Reading for the Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebastia.http://myocn.net/listen-to-the-daily-reading-for-the-holy-forty-martyrs-of-sebastia/
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, March 9, 2016
The Libraries of Mount Athos
"As was the case with all the monastic libraries in the East, those on Mount Athos may well have been infrequently used,...
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Related:
"Elder Ephraim, Abbot of Vatopedi Holy Monastery, Mt Athos. Greece, at a Speech to a students' audience."
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Tuesday, March 08, 2016
"They like our liturgy"
... but they don't like our theology. Latin traditionalists in Sacramento regarding the Byzantine tradition -- what I heard from an Byzantine Catholic acquaintance who has talked with Latin traditionalists who visit his church.
Monday, March 07, 2016
The Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham: Status Report
CWR Blog: The UK ordinariate, five years on by Joanna Bogle
The Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham is thriving—but is it attracting many Anglicans?
The Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham is thriving—but is it attracting many Anglicans?
Sunday, March 06, 2016
The Basics of Orthodox Christianity
In this edition of CRTL, listen as we go back to the basics of Orthodox Christianity with Fr. Steven Freeman, Mary Danakas and Dr, David Ford. #Orthodoxyhttp://myocn.net/the-basics-of-orthodox-christianity/
Posted by Orthodox Christian Network on Sunday, March 6, 2016
Saturday, March 05, 2016
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk Meets Pope Francis
On Saturday Pope Francis met with leaders of the Permanent Synod of the Greek-Catholic Ukrainian Church. His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevhchuk affirmed communion with the Catholic Church.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, March 5, 2016
How is the Taizé Community Doing?
Pope Francis on Thursday met with the the prior of the Taizé Community, Brother Alois.
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, March 5, 2016
NLM: “Our Fidelity to the See of Peter” : The Ukrainian Hierarchy Celebrates the Divine Liturgy in Rome by Gregory DiPippo
The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, says a meeting of bishops with...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Saturday, March 5, 2016
Fr. Cantalamessa's Third Lenten Reflection
In his third Lenten reflection in the Vatican, Capuchin Fr. Raniero Catalamessa, preacher of the Papal Household,...
Posted by Vatican Radio - English Section on Friday, March 4, 2016
Related:
His first and second reflections for Lent of this year.
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