Remove Excommunications!

I am asking His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to remove all excommunications declared by him, by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith or by any prior Ecumenical Council against any person in the long history of the Catholic Church. This request is in line with the commandment of the Lord to "Love your enemies" in spite of any actions or aggression against the teachings or the sons and daughters of the Catholic Church. This is also in line with the teachings of Vatican II and with those of Blessed John XXIII who wished to imitate "The Good Pastor" and Blessed John Paul II who requested forgiveness from all those groups, Churches and persons of any religion or ideology in the past 2,000 years of the history of the Church. 
We recall the visit of John Paul II to Athens in Greece in 2001 when Greek Orthodox Archbishop Christodoulos initially resisted to receive the Pope and the Pope's immediate response asking for the forgiveness of Orthodox people regarding violence by Catholics against Orthodox brothers since the Great Schism and the sacking of Constantinople by Crusaders in 1204! Archbishop Christodoulos in turn responded by praising the Pope and eventually praying with him to the astonishment of conservatives.
In their common declaration Pope John Paul II and Archbishop Christodoulos stated "We are watching that the scientific and social development of man is not accompanied by a probe into the concept and value of life which, in any case, is a gift of God, nor by a corresponding appreciation of the unique dignity of man. We ascertain with anxiety that wars, massacres, torturing and sufferings constitute the daily nightmarish reality for millions of our brothers.

"We are committed to struggling for peace all over the world, respect for life and the dignity of man and solidarity for all who are in need...We are watching attentively and with concern the process of globalization with the hope that it will provide gracious fruit...We are satisfied with the success and progress of the European Union. The unification of the European world into one state entity, without peoples losing their conscience, national tradition and religious identity, was the vision of its leaders." 

How far is the reality today of violence in the Middle East and elsewhere in China and Africa from what the above declaration in 2001 stated? How far is the reality today of globalization and excessive capitalism from what the above declaration in 2001 stated? How far is the reality today of the European Continent from what the above declaration in 2001 stated? 

For the above reasons, Christian leaders must work harder and give a good example to all their fellow Christians. Christian unity will be realized only when bad memories of hatred and greed have been eradicated.

It is in this spirit that I appeal to Benedict XVI to remove all excommunications.