World Orthodoxy is positioning itself firmly for the final push towards unification with Rome. Orthodox “first hierarch” (a term totally foreign to True Orthodoxy) Patriarch Bartholomew and 3 other bishops announced they would attend the inauguration of the new pope Francis. It would be hard to not emphasize the significance of this event as this is unprecedented in the history of Orthodoxy.

Quote: “Tuesday will be a landmark day in the history of Christianity and ecumenical relations: the Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople will attend Pope Francis’ installation Mass. It is the first time that such a thing has happened since the Great Western Schism in 1054”

So far, pope Francis has not spared any opportunity to “demonstrate” his piousness in exactly the same way the old pharisees did in a very public way – not away from the eyes of the many, in secret, like Orthodoxy teaches