Have GOA Metropolitans become citizens of Turkey?
May 12, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 9 Comments
In a freewheeling interview with Hurriyet (“Turkey’s English Daily”) Pat. Bartholomew said (note last sentence): Bartholomew drew particular attention to the seminary problem. “Our generation is gradually becoming extinct, and I have concerns for the future. Where will our ecclesiastics get their education? Moreover, it would be proper to have a Halki Seminary graduate at [...]
Gene Robinson joins Center for the American Progress (same outfit Pat. Bartholomew endorsed)
March 31, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 5 Comments
The Center for the American Progress is the organization that Patriarch Bartholomew endorsed during the Green Patriarch publicity offensive late last year. This George Soros funded institution started out as Hillary Clinton’s cabinet in waiting but was converted into a full-time think tank after her loss. Soros is reportedly still the major backer. ++++++++++ “Bishop [...]
More to the Ecumenical Patriarch’s recent encyclical than meets the eye
March 3, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 35 Comments
As I mentioned last week, I recently became a columnist for Catholic Online. They just posted my latest piece. (They are fast. I submitted it just this afternoon.) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Last week Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew released an encyclical castigating what he called Orthodox “fanatics” who object to Orthodox ecumenical involvement. The encyclical was well received [...]
Calls to “Resist Europe’s secularization” made at Taizé youth meeting
January 4, 2010 by Fr. Johannes Jacobse · 11 Comments
The Presbyterian Outlook (ENI) — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeos I, a spiritual leader who represents Eastern Orthodox Christianity, has urged young Christians to resist secularization in Europe in a message to an ecumenical meeting that was greeted by global and regional leaders. “After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Europe no longer recognizes the place for [...]
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