> Rev & Dear Father+: In fact there was an attempt to enter a dialogue with the Orthodox Church in America by the old ACC under their Bishop Thomas Kleppinger some years ago but apparently nothing of substance came of it. If I recall aright this may have been in part due to the lawsuit that split the ACC in two. Orthodox are very leery of the West but the OCA is the most open in my experience but they are experiencing their own problems (ethnic issues tec) and do not want to add too many burdens. There are some Western Rite Antiochian Orthodox Churches (one in Denver that I know of-one of their communicants came to the parish I serve while her husbnad was stationed at Fallon NAS here in NW Nevada and another in the San Francisco area I am told). The new Pope is trying hard to bring everyone on the same page:This week he had a 4 hour dinner meeting with Hans Kung SJ the controversial German theologian who was expelled from the Catholic Theological Faculty at the University in Tubingen. I am told the meeting went well. Earlier in the month the new Pope also had a briefer meeting with the Superior (Bishop Fellay) of the Society of St Pius X. I do not think that one was quite as cordial but still positive. The recent writings of Cristoph Card. Schonbrunn OP who is the Editor of the 'new' Catechism of the Catholic Church and Archbishop of Vienna on creation thories and interpretations was/is another effort to bring some focus and balance. Finally (whew!) there was an Old Catholic group here in North America that was received into the Orthodox Church about 50 years ago en masse. They seem to have adopted the Eastern rite in toto. Will you please remember 'ad altare dei' James H. who is an old and dear friend. He has been fighting cancer for some years and holding his own but this week discovered it had re-appeared. In such cases I believe we should (as the late Archbishop of New York once said) work as tho it counted on us alone and pray as tho it counted on God alone. Let us be about our Father's business. Blessings. GDVW+ > In a message dated 9/27/05 4:43:54 PM, gdvw@... writes: > > >> >> Most informed AC's have little likelihood of approving >> reunion >> with Rome(One leaves the Church to join the Church?)now unless >> the Vatican makes some very major changes first and that is >> not likely any time soon. >> An arrangement >> defacto akin to what Utrecht and Rome have would be another >> matter. Benedict 16 is busy talking with the head of the SSPX >> and so clearly he wants things put in order but talking to the >> Lefbvrists and talking to the TAC-or the whole AC-seems highly >> unlikely. And our gains would be minimal if any. Blessings. >> GDVW+ >> > > Now you're talking Fr. Wiebe! Why aren't we talking to the Orthodox? > gms+ > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: > faithandlife-unsubscribe@... > > ---------------------------------------------------- Catholic Financial Services Send and Receive all online Payments and Donations No Merchant Account Required! https://www.catholicfs.org/