Thursday, June 19, 2014

The Cult of Niceness


There are other Latin bishops receiving "blessings" from ministers of other ecclesial communities (even female "ministers")
so why shouldn't Pope Francis be photographed doing the same as well? If we are scandalized, it's our fault, right?

The reaction at Rorate: Catholics and Ecumenism - considerations by Cardinal Siri

Eugene Girin on the Holy Father's visit to the Holy Land: Taking Ecumenism Too Far (although the meeting with the rabbis isn't really an example of ecumenism but of interfaith relations)






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