Cardinal Edward Cassidy, head of the Vatican’s Ecumenical Ministry, has also proposed “joint Christian celebrations for Easter in the year 2000.” Unlike Gary, however, Cassidy makes no mention of the Eucharist. For all its talk of unity, Rome forbids Catholics to partake of the Protestant communion and forbids Protestants to partake of the Roman Catholic Mass or Eucharist. They very first words of Bill Bright’s Templeton Award acceptance speech in Rome recognized warmly the presence of this deceiver from the Vatican: “Your Eminence, Cardinal Cassidy….”