Was the Eastern part of Catholicism spared the Crisis in the Church? No crisis of doctrine, morality, practice, the Faith itself?
Somehow I have a hard time believing that. I'm pretty sure Vatican II was a universal phenomenon -- Bishops from all over the world, of all peoples and races, signed on to the docuмents and went back home and implemented them. We're talking ALL peoples -- black, brown, white, yellow, red, you name it. That INCLUDES East and West.
I think those seeking a "solution" in the Eastern regions of Catholicism think that the Crisis is primarily about the Mass. It's not. I'll give you a hint: even if you're in the East, Francis would still be your Pope. Long story short, the Crisis remains.
I've never been a fan of "going Eastern" as a solution to the Crisis. I'm biased, I'll admit. Born and raised in the Traditional Catholic movement, so I'm a firm believer in the latter.
The idea of a family of white Irish-Germans going to a Byzantine, Russian, Ukrainian, Lebanese, Coptic or any other Rite is kind of a joke to me as well. We're not even 1% any of those Eastern peoples. Why would I go there? There is zero anything suggesting that I *belong* in such a place. It's just not my place. Not my culture, not my language, not my people, not my heritage, not my liturgy. My ancestors went to the Tridentine (Roman Rite) Mass. That's where I belong.
If God wanted me in an Eastern Rite, he would have given me SOME connection to those cultures. But He didn't. Ergo.
(It's not like God couldn't have *easily* arranged that I be born in one of those countries.)
Grow where you are planted, I say.