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Piers the Plowman's avatar

Sola dialogus--Salvation through dialogue alone

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Matthew K Michels, OblSB's avatar

I suppose it's important in some sense, and the Holy Father has every bit of proper authority to set xyz-event on the WYD agenda as he sees fit, which is fine.

I do think it's kind of an eye-roll-inducing "ah, of course that's a priority" thing. Not a big deal, and will probably accomplish nothing. A net wash, that's what most intra-religious dialogue ends up as.

What would've actually been really cool to see was something specifically focusing on Catholic-Orthodox ecumenical relations. WYD 2023's location (thus it's proximity to lots of Orthodox-heavy countries) would've been a perfect opportunity to reach out to orthdox youth and young adults, and do outreach to disaffected Orthodox youth who've become disallusioned with their local Orthodox church (looking at you, Russians). And I keep saying again and again: we are in a perfect time to reunify much of the East with the West as secularism makes allies of former enemies, most orthodox see each other as essentially the same now, and internal ecclesial disputes between patriarchates makes Rome's unity look really appealing.

But hey, at least we get a new tree instead.

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