Pope Makes Historic Ecumenical Bid to Woo Eastern Rite Catholics

artintel wrote: Russel: V2-RC has many priests retiring but not enrolling - the priesthood statistics show an alarming drop. V2-RC attempts to reverse the trend – e.g., the EWTN initiative, which tries to address those who gravitated towards protestant horizons. The new potential converts recognize that V2-RC has become ‘protestant’ compatible and New Age with its interdenominational and religious outlook (the Modernist Ecumenical Council). The original pre V2-RC qualities (ecclesiastical and canonical) are now non-existent. Clearly this is a ‘post-Christian’ orientation. Those who reject Vatican II dropped out or were filtered out during the first 25 years. Regarding your question regarding EWTN’s ‘people being "either mixed Jews or ex-Protestant," this should be taken in context. If you examine EWTN’s schedule of programs and watched/heard the content, you would have noticed that the amount of ‘mixed Jews and ex-Protestant’ has been increasing vs. traditional RC content – particularly on Wednesdays. Groeshel – the popular broadcaster, constantly mentions his semi-Jewish origins as if it should add some extra V2-RC credibility. Numerous guests similarly emphasize their Jewish ‘roots’ etc. The problem lies in the lack of proportion – the two thousand years Christendom or 1000 years of traditional RC are slowly being replaced with a V2-RC Jewish emphasis promoted wherever it can be. Is this what the Orthodox Church wants to see once it unites ecumenically? Your view of EWTN is understandable. Several years ago I crisscrossed all of the USA while on a job assignment (conducting management development), I used Satellite Radio and EWTN was the most interesting radio station – all kinds of subjects with all rounded views with on-radio Q&A follow-ups. Mother Angelica was a positive driving force. Today, it is a totally different EWTN, I can’t recognize it. It is increasingly becoming a Jewish Catholic station. It would seem that the RC cannot exist without it’s Jewish component. Russel – your questions were anticipated. If not you, than someone else would ask the ‘innocent’ questions that you did. Clearly you haven’t listened to the EWTN recently; otherwise you wouldn’t have asked your questions.