Pope: Other Christians not true churches
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[Chandler News-Dispatch] 10 July 2007--Pope Benedict XVI has reasserted the universal primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, approving a document released Tuesday that says Orthodox churches were defective and that other Christian denominations were not true churches.

On Saturday, Benedict revisited another key aspect of Vatican II by reviving the old Latin Mass. Traditional Catholics cheered the move, but more liberal ones called it a step back from Vatican II.

In the latest document — formulated as five questions and answers — the Vatican seeks to set the record straight on Vatican II‘s ecumenical intent, saying some contemporary theological interpretation had been "erroneous or ambiguous" and had prompted confusion and doubt.

In the new document and an accompanying commentary, which were released as the pope vacations here in Italy‘s Dolomite mountains, the Vatican repeated that position.

The Rev. Sara MacVane of the Anglican Centre in Rome, said there was nothing new in the document.