In the Pope’s letter accompanying the Motu Proprio, also referring to the document by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, "Answering questions concerning a few aspects of the doctrine of the Church", one may notice "the new rise of the ecumenical path and the trust in it". It is written in today’s note by Sir Europe (old.agensir.it), dedicated to the Third European Ecumenical Assembly taking place in Sibiu (Romania) from September 3rd to 9th. One thing is clear: "the ecumenical strategy of Benedict XVI is to prevent further divisions, taking measures for the ones which have already happened, through concrete operations, setting new bases for a dialogue which is running the risk of dying out by exhaustion, or of getting tangled up". "The ecumenism of concrete gestures" by Pope Ratzinger, in the first place, "tends to prevent the further estrangement of traditionalists", but "without sacrificing anything of the acquisitions of the Second Vatican Council". The other concrete sign "is that of clearness of positions, the emerging of difficulties". In fact, "if, at the first stage of the ecumenical dialogue, the objectives were reconciliation and communion, putting together the things joining us rather than those dividing us", it is now time for reconciliation and communion, "through the things diversifying us, hoping they may be known, understood, explained, acknowledged and appreciated by both sides". (To be continued)
