Pope bids to heal Orthodox rift

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BBC News


The bones, in white reliquaries, were blessed by the two leaders


The bones will be welcomed to Istanbul with another ceremony

The spiritual heads of Christianity's two largest churches, Roman Catholic and Orthodox, have taken part in a solemn ceremony at the Vatican.

Pope John Paul II handed over to Patriarch Bartholomew the relics of two early Christian saints.

They had been kept in St Peter's in Rome for more than 800 years.

The ceremony aimed to give a push to the Pope's reconciliation efforts with Orthodox Christians who separated from Rome almost 1,000 years ago.
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1. Ka Ching!

I hear those tithers already lining up to give the church more $.

Sorry, but I'm really not happy with this pope. He offered such promise, but he's turned out to be such a disappointment to me.

Check out my blog (under the burning bush) and scroll down to my latest JPII rant.

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2. Great blog! I imagine this might expand somewhat when the

Roberto Calvi murder trial in Rome finally resumes and the 70 files of the City of London's previously "unavailable" evidence about the P2 Lodge, its members, mercenaries, protegess, creditors and debitors is finally made public.....

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3. "Gissus a kiss":

Pope John Paul II (R) kisses Orthodox Christian leader Bartholomew I in Saint Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, November 27, 2004. The Pope, attempting to mend relations with Orthodox Christians, returned on Saturday the remains of two of their most prominent saints, St. Gregory Nazianzen and St. John Chrysostom, 800 years after Crusaders snatched relics from Constantinople.

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4. Catholics are SO catholic...

I doubt seriously that much progress will be made to let the Roman Catholic Church influence/control the eastern Churches.

I am SURE the Romans want universal theocratic hegemony, but they are forgetting THAT is the goal of fundemental Murikan Calvimaniacs.