{"id":8004,"date":"2004-02-03T08:50:08","date_gmt":"2004-02-03T08:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/02\/bad_bad_ecumenists.html"},"modified":"2004-02-03T08:50:08","modified_gmt":"2004-02-03T08:50:08","slug":"bad_bad_ecumenists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/02\/bad_bad_ecumenists.html","title":{"rendered":"Bad, Bad Ecumenists"},"content":{"rendered":"

Traditionalists let loose on Pope<\/a><\/p>\n

Fellay, Lefebvre’s successor, spoke at a news conference at a hotel near the Vatican to present a 50-page traditionalist’s assessment of John Paul’s 25-year papacy.<\/p>\n

The booklet said ecumenism, as dialogue and cooperation among Christian churches is known, “has transformed the Holy City that is the Church into a city in ruins.”<\/p>\n

The booklet accused the pope, who has made improving relations with other Christian religions a hallmark of his papacy, had “overturned the order desired by God.”<\/p>\n

The traditionalists blame the modernizing Council for a host of problems in the Church, including the vast numbers of men and women who have left the religious life.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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