A 16-page document, prepared by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which Pope Benedict used to head, described Christian Orthodox churches as true churches, but suffering from a "wound" since they do not recognize the primacy of the Pope.
But the document said the "wound is still more profound" in the Protestant denominations -- a view likely to further complicate relations with Protestants.
"Despite the fact that this teaching has created no little distress ... it is nevertheless difficult to see how the title of 'Church' could possibly be attributed to them," it said.
The Vatican text, which restates the controversial document "Dominus Iesus" issued by the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 2000, said the Church wanted to stress this point because some Catholic theologians continued to misunderstand it.
Stupid activist ecumenical priests! Might as well be Episcopalians.
I'm very amused and a tad confused as to how Ratzinger can hold a position like this regarding his fellow Christians and yet still adhere to earlier dogma from JPII that says Jews are hunky-dory in the eyes of Da Church. Maybe it's kind of like how some Jews think some Christians are awesome but other Jews aren't.
Edit: And look who called it.
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