This so-called ecumenism seems rooted in a shared pessimistic theological anthropology, grounded in a much more Protestant dialectical imagination. A certain cohort of Catholics have thus forsaken what should be their distinct analogical imaginations, which would be much more robustly incarnational, much more profusely pneumatological, with a much more optimistic anthropology.

Resultingly, they don't just properly resist secularistic urges, they view the merely secular as completely unholy. They fail to recognize that secular vehicles - as well as other religions - can implicitly cooperate with the Spirit, articulate truth, celebrate beauty, nurture goodness, foster unity & gift freedom!

With such an impoverished pneumatology & exclusivistic ecclesiocentrism, they logically overinvest in the hard powers of legal, political & canonical coercions, not at all optimistic regarding soft power strategies like enculturation, pastoral accommodation or authentic dialogue.