Posts tagged with ‘Lutherans’

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Lutherans, Catholics gather for historic service in Lund, Sweden

by Melissa VanTassell

    11/3/2016 2:05:00 PM The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), joined Lutheran and Catholic leaders for a joint ecumenical commemoration of the Reformation on Oct. 31 in Lund, Sweden. Pope Francis; Munib Younan, bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land and The […]

    Lutherans, Catholics ‘on the way’ to greater unity

    by Melissa VanTassell

      10/30/2015 1:00:00 PM CHICAGO (ELCA) – Drawing on 50 years of national and international dialogue, Lutherans and Catholics have made available Oct. 30 Declaration on the Way: Church, Ministry and Eucharist – a unique ecumenical document that marks a pathway toward greater unity between Catholics and Lutherans. “Five hundred years ago wars were fought over […]