"We believe it is right for every Church to solve its own problems according to its own principles and regulations. We are convinced that the dialogue between the two Churches will move on, towards a communion from the same chalice". This is the comment made by father Francisc Dobos, the spokesman of the Catholic archdiocese of Bucharest, after learning of the news of the decision taken by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church about the metropolitan bishop Corneanu of Banat and the bishop Sofronie of Oradea. The metropolitan bishop Corneanu "had taken Communion" during a Greek-Catholic Mass on May 25th and the bishop Sofronie had officiated the blessing of the water on Twelfth Night along with the Greek-Catholic bishop Bercea of Oradea. Their actions had aroused controversies and tensions in the Orthodox world. The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, gathered in Bucharest over these days (8-9 July), "disapproved" of their behaviour, which is considered not in line with the canons of the Orthodox Church, and "forgave" them because they "repented".
