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questions because of its arrogance, in the first place: it still looks at itself as the most civilized,
cultured, developed, and, in the final analysis, elite part of mankind.
Pope Francis is the only one among the Popes in more than a century who said kind words about
the Eastern Churches that conserved the beautiful liturgy: "They conserve it. They praise God,
they adore God," they are preserving the teaching of Jesus Christ in its original form. This is in
fact the first positive assessment of the Eastern Churches; this is signally important since it opens
the prospects of deeper mutual understanding between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox
Church and much closer cooperation between them.
The Pontiff condemned the formal, lukewarm and conceited Christianity as the gravest of sins.
He has called on the Christians to move away from this and listen to the Word of God so that
to take the path of the righteous and stop amassing material wealth, indulging in machinations
and robbing other people. We should become deeply faithful Christians. This position of the
Pontiff invites profound respect, kindles faith and breeds hopes that contemporary man and
the world society as a whole can reform themselves.