On that occasion, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s department for external church relations, argued that Orthodox believers and Catholics must stand should-to-shoulder against the secular tide.
Among the challenges, he said, are “the disintegration of families, abortion, the legalization of same-sex unions, and the spread of technologies unacceptable from a Christian point of view such as ‘surrogate motherhood’.”
IOW, the "culture wars". +Francis not big on "culture warriors" (see Burke, Card. R.)
The Orthodox churches are very conservative theologically. There’s essentially no chance they’ll agree to full communion with the Catholics unless the Catholic Church gets serious about shutting down the “social justice” crusaders in its camp.
Francis is revealing himself as just another useful idiot, just another leftist tool.
While a big disappointment, it jibes with evangelical eschatology.
He’s not attracting anybody with this warmed over leftwing 1970s drivel. The Pope is trapped in a 1970s time bubble, and for him, the Beatles are all still out there singing Give Peace a Chance. Somebody wake him up.
I have seen a couple of writers suggest - because of his incoherent and inconclusive statements - that the Pope might be suffering from the first signs of early-onset age related dementia. This is my most charitable. Interpretation of his words.
What is wrong is allowing it to trump morals. Now I know some of you live in areas where the Liberation Theology is more popular. I have not lived in an area where it trumped moral issued, for instance, pro-life.
The problem here is that everyone is trying to simplify a vast deposit of faith, cultures, history, persons and boil it all down to a simple little set of boxes to check off.
It just does not work that way, it never has and it never will. read the history of the freaking world. Jesus Christ himself stood in front of men who refused to believe a word he said. Think about it!