LIKOUDIS
LEGACY FOUNDATION

“...several thinkers I admire and respect. Let me mention, among others, . . . James Likoudis.”

“I have known James Likoudis for half of my life and a third of his. I met him around the time I was received into the Catholic Church in 1986, and he has been a good guide for me. He is himself a convert, and he recognizes that conversion—any conversion—is not the matter of a moment. It is the love of a lifetime. I have been working in the Catholic world for almost four decades now, but I've known few people who have such a passion for the apostolate and for Christian unity.”

“In the field of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue, James Likoudis figures as one of the most prominent Catholic apologists.”

“James Likoudis is a noted Catholic writer on the separated Eastern Churches. There is much to be learned from his stirring accounts of Easterners who embraced their true home, the Catholic Church.”

“Of like witness to the complementary goals of defending the “whole truth about Mary,” and the imperative for Christian Unity as profoundly embodied by Pope St. John Paul the Great, James Likoudis also comprises a contemporary theological and catechetical voice for full Mariological truth, not as an obstacle, but rather as a means to authentic ecumenical unity.“

"In our modern era of mass communication, the Ecumenical work of reunion will not be carried out in full without lay involvement. And there is, perhaps, no member of the laity of either of the 'two lungs' of apostolic faith that has done more to further the dialogue than James Likoudis."

“Dr. Likoudis is a living example of how to dialogue with the Orthodox about important differences without falling into a rigid fundamentalism that refuses to see grace present in the Orthodox church.”

“For many years . . . James Likoudis has been a tireless laborer for fraternal dialogue between Catholic and Orthodox Christians. Few know these two ecclesial worlds so thoroughly and few can so successfully untie the knots of misunderstanding that have gotten in the way of reconciliation.”

“Likoudis occupies a singular place in the literature of his time. Faithful, yet not crazy. I think a good many people appreciate him for his careful judgments about the post-conciliar situation as it was developing. Very few people got it so right.”

“James Likoudis was one of several mentors from whom I was privileged to learn when I was struggling to become more effective in defending and advancing the Catholic faith, in my twenties. Likoudis was already established as a proponent of authentic Catholic renewal, a leading opponent of [secularly-driven] sex education in school, and a champion of the Magisterium.”