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Fr. Anthony:

As to the "delay" of the coverage for the Papal Mass in Ephesus, the base time zones for North America are Eastern Time and Pacific Time.

Viewers in between should adjust accordingly. There is a 3-hour span/differential between Eastern time and Pacific Time.

Perhaps your location is 30 minutes behind the posted 4:30 a.m. Eastern Time airing. Thus, the 5:00 a.m. airing in your area.

I don't think it is possible to be 30 minutes behind. Time zones increment in hours.

My mistake then and EWTN was, therefore, late in airing the event against the posted time.

I knew that the North American Time Zones increment hourly (as part of the 24-hour World Time Zones) from Atlantic, Eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific.

Very interesting commentary on EWTN right now. The Monsignor keeps saying that the Pope is seeking to find a practical and modern means of exercising the special charisma of his ministry which is in adherence to the first millennium and which is pleasing and acceptable to the east.

It sounds like he is prepping Latins for a change in the "juridical" aspects of the papacy, under which he implies papal infallibility.

About 40 minutes in (their last discussion point) they talk about the "uniate" churches, Cardinal Husar, and the EC churches being absorbed into the Orthodox churches (which they will pray for) should "full unity" exist.

Dear Wondering,

You can check EWTN's schedule. They had published 4:30AM ET, and Did not start broadcasting until 5:00AM ET. I know, I had to be up extra early to see it, and was not happy by the 30 minute unexplained delay.

In IC XC,
Father Anthony+

Father,

I was not arguing against you, but in your behalf. Amadeus had suggested your time zone was 30 minutes off the scheduled time and I said that wasn't possible, to which Amadeus conceded that they were just late.

This evening's broadcast started only 15 minutes late. But the worst part was that the broadcast started after the beginning of the service.

Most frustrating - though I was pleased to be able to get it at all.

I have to say I was very pleased , on the whole , with the coverage and thought that the meeting with all the clergy afterwards was very friendly indeed.

I will be getting my husband to set the Recorder for tomorrow's Divine Liturgy

I know. I thought I had missed it and tried to go backward on the stream. All I got was a priest talking about vocations. The chanting was heavenly! Why would they cut that out?

Wondering we are talking about EWTN here

The chanting was truly beautiful - and the babble from Mr. Arroyo was truly obnoxious. The man twice pronounced "Chrysostom" as though it were "Christendom" - and he's getting paid for this?!? Couldn't they let us hear the chanting, and simply put an English translation on the screen in subtitles?

I trust we all noticed that the Pope quite correctly styled the Patriarch Ecumenical Patriarch - that title does not sit well with the Turks.

Msgr. Stern at least knows something about something - it was almost amusing to notice how frightened Mr. Arroyo seemed at the prospect that the efforts toward complete reconciliation might actually succeed!

On the other hand, attempting to wish the Greek-Catholics out of existence is not a practical prospect.

Father Serge

I've never watched EWTN before. Do you think there will be a commemorative version without the commentary?

Who mentioned the EC Churches going back to Orthodoxy, was it someone on the Orthodox or Catholic side of the discussion? That's very interesting.

Ilian,

A Catholic Monsignor said it.

A simplistic view of these historic events.

By his Regensberg speech, the Pope has opened this epochal opportunity for a "sincere and serious" dialogue between Christianity and Islam, between "cultural divides!"

Although the Holy See knows, as well as the international community, that Pope Benedict XVI is the "face" of Christendom, as were his predescessors, the Catholic Church is but a part, although the majority, of the world's Christianity.

In facing off with Islam, it would be from a stronger vantage point if a "united" Christianity can be represented in the coming exchanges with the world's 1.2 billion Muslims who are arrayed from the "peaceful" Turks, the fundamentalists Iranians, and to the extremists Talibans, Abu-sayyaffs and Al-qaidas.

Thus, the necessity for strengthening the ties between the Orthodox East and the Catholic West and to forge a closer collaboration between and among Apostolic Christians at the very least. A re-union of all Apostolic Churches is, of course, the ideal!

The Holy See, as the embodiment of the Catholic Church (and by default the "Church"), has the existing international infrastructures to be the vehicle or the lead institution for a wide-ranging dialogue with Islam.

Many Turkish commentators agree that it would have been a disaster, politically and diplomatically, if PM Erdogan chose to snub the Pope, as he originally planned, upon his arrival in Turkey. And the international community would have had a field day if Erdogan failed or refused to accord the Pope the decency of greeting him at the airport. More than 2,000 foreign journalists are accredited for this papal trip and are accompanying the Pope in his itinerary.

I think the perilous status of the EP in Istanbul and the fate of Halki and the Hagia Sophia would be resolved better if matters are placed under the auspices of or in cooperation with the Holy See!