The secular elitists, who believe Europe has no room for religion, are feeling the pressure

Orthodox-Catholic Cooperation 

a New Sign of Hope

by Stephen Muff

The Body of Christ is in critical condition. The “two lungs” of the Church—the East and West, the Orthodox and Catholics—have largely failed to draw breath together since the Great Schism in 1054. Similar to an autoimmune disease, one body has fought itself. It is time, as Blessed John Paul II states in his encyclical, Ut Unum Sint, for the Church to “breath with her two lungs!”

The East and West have begun to recognize the impenetrable force they can become working together, especially in combating the rising tide of secularism that seeks to overwhelm culture. This trend is being felt most notably in Europe.

During the time of the Second Vatican Council, on December 7, 1965, Pope Paul VI and Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras I mutually lifted the millenium-old excommunications. Since then, the two lungs have begun to breathe in sync and the vital signs of the Body of Christ have improved. Dialogue and cooperation has increased. They are resolving theological matters and presenting a unified witness to political ones.

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