PRAY FOR THIS GATHERING...AS POPE FRANCIS WILL ATTEND...HE IS DOING MUCH TO ENCOURAGE GREATER CHURCH UNITY AMONGST PROTESTANTS, CATHOLICS, AND ORTHODOX. THIS IS VERY ENCOURAGING.
"The Lutheran World Federation (LWF) and the Roman Catholic Church will jointly hold an ecumenical commemoration of the Reformation on 31 October 2016 in Lund, Sweden.
Co-hosted by the Church of Sweden, the event will highlight the solid ecumenical developments between Catholics and Lutherans and the joint gifts received through dialogue, particularly in anticipation of the 500th Reformation anniversary in 2017. It will include a symposium and communal liturgy based on the Lutheran-Catholic dialogue reportFrom Conflict to Communion - Lutheran-Catholic Common Commemoration of the Reformation in 2017...."
