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Pope Benedict is preeminently the Pope of Christian Unity.
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Pope Benedict has been struggling against forces within his own fold to achieve Christian unity.
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His is decidedly not the unity that liberals (Richard McBrien, Gerald O’Collins) have in mind when they think of Christian unity, with its watered-down version of Roman primacy, liturgy, catechesis, sexual ethics and church discipline. In other words, a Christian unity without a Christian identity (christian with a small ‘c’).
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No, Benedict’s unity is real unity, true unity that costs something, that stretches people, but that does not compromise what is essential to the Church.
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This is not Rahner’s "world church" where anything and anyone goes. It is the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church founded by Christ Jesus. - WDTPRS
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Fr. Z nails it.
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For some background on the new "Personal Ordinariates" go here.
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