Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Pope Benedict to Lutheran church in Rome: Only Christ can grant unity


We have destroyed the us of the Christian community, we have divided the only way into many ways, and now we experience the sin that does not allow us to drink from the same chalice or be together around the altar. However, today we are here praying together to the Lord, the only One who can grant us unity. With these words, Benedict XVI ended his homily on Sunday, March 14th, during the evening worship service of the Lutheran community in Rome. Invited to the Christuskirche, the Church of Christ, on the Via Sicilia in Rome -- 27 years after John Paul IIs visit, the first papal visit to a Lutheran church -- Benedict XVI was welcomed by Pastor Jens-Martin Kruse and the communitys 350 members ...

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