The Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow is Upset Again - Whats New

Actually the Orthodox Russian Patriarch has some other other interesting things to say as to the extraordinary form of the Mass. Father Z has that and the fact that he is complaining about Catholic in Russia again. Before I get into the negative I find a lot of good in what he is saying as to the Pope recent MP on the "latin mass". Catholics should take note of that. In the end our focus should be foremost on reconciliation with the "second lung of the Church". This helps

The comment section is interesting and a pretty big Orthodox Apologist and blogger that I see on the net alot is making an appearance.

I have certain issues with the Russian Orthodox Church I know. I love Orthodoxy and see our reunification as of the utmost importance. However it really is sad that the Catholics that were even more persecuted than the Orthodox are now being persecuted by the fellow Christians.

I am also a a tad nervous with how close they are to Putin and especially since the Russian Orthodox Outside Russia in the US has now reconciled officially with them. We shall see.

I find the whole discussion on Conversions and why Catholics can't be in Orthodox lands kinda of dishonest. I find the whole attitude toward Eastern Rites Catholics in Union with Rome about 400 years out of date and insulting . It seems that "Orthodox Churches" are expanding in "Catholic " lands all the time. Besides Alaska and MAYBE JUST MAYBE a small part of California what is the Orthodox claim here in the USA. Huge portions of this land were claimed for the Catholic faith. In fact we have evidence that English explorers before the reformation did that on the East Coast. Yet I am see expansion of Orthodoxy all the time here.

Americans should go over and look at our what our State Department says on this matter. Start looking at countries like Russian and many in Eastern Europe. It seems that long standing Catholic communities are not getting to say the least a fair deal. You can check it out Country by Country here.