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“It was really beautiful to combine both the Eastern and Western lungs of the Catholic Church into one big event and to see the Latin Rite and Eastern Rite traditions being combined in one service,” McEnery said (*Caitlin McEnery, cantor at St. Mary’s).
Father Summerson said the unity between Eastern and Western Catholics during this stop on the pilgrimage was the most “effective cooperation” he had witnessed between the two traditions. He said Western Catholics can learn from the Eastern Catholic experience around the world.
“Anywhere there is tremendous suffering in the world — Ukraine, the Holy Land, Lebanon, Ethiopia — Eastern Catholics are right there, not only surviving, but thriving, and tending to the world,” he said. “If you want to know how the Gospel can endure and help sustain the world in its suffering, Eastern Catholics are leading the way.” FULL ARTICLE FROM THE NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER