Are people from the Eastern Orthodox religion Catholic?
I say no, my friend says yes. You win the argument! Your friend is confusing people from the Orthodox Churches with Eastern Catholics. The Eastern Catholic Churches are churches which remain in full communion with the Bishop of Rome, while the Orthodox Churches acknowledge the patriarch of Constantinople as their spiritual leader. For a clear look at distinctions between the different communions, as well as how we have interacted with them over the centuries, check out the January 2000 Youth Update at americancatholic.org: http://www.americancatholic.org/Newsletters/CU/ac0100.asp 12-1-03 Why do stop we formal CCD education after the 8th grade? I am a catechist with our local parish in Kendall Park, NJ. I could not address this question to my students that still are not quite clear on the faith and what they are supposed to feel. The best I could do was encourage that they continue to attend all parish activities and daily mass if possible. – Cuqui, Somerset, NJ The reason you are confu
