For reference, here is what the Church has taught for 2,000 years regarding what he's asking Catholics to do:
Apostolic Canons, 1st century:
“Canon 54. If any clergyman or layman shall enter into a synagogue of Jews or heretics to pray, let the former be deposed and let the latter be excommunicated.”
Council of Carthage, 257 AD:
“One must neither pray nor sing psalms with heretics, and whosoever shall communicate with those who are cut off from the communion of the Church, whether clergy or layman, let him be excommunicated.”
Council of Laodicea, 390 AD:
“Canon 33. No one shall pray in common with heretics and schismatics.
…Canon 6. It is not permitted to heretics to enter the house of God while they continue in heresy.”
Third Council of Constantinople, 680-681 AD: “If any ecclesiastic or layman shall go into the synagogue of the Jews or the meeting-houses of the heretics to join in prayer with them, let them be deposed and deprived of communion. If any bishop or priest or deacon shall join in prayer with heretics, let him be suspended from communion.”
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