Lutherans and Catholics have pledged to celebrate together the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation in 2017, with both sides agreeing to set aside centuries of hostility and prejudice. The ...

That as many as a thousand Lutherans will rise and sing Martin Luther’s stirring “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” in a Catholic church on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation may seem surprising or ...

ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis, in a visit to Rome's Lutheran church on Sunday, said both sides, Catholics and Lutherans, should seek forgiveness for past persecutions. "There were terrible times ...

Sweden's only Catholic cardinal came to the U.S. for a brief visit in late August. But he did not come alone. Cardinal Anders Arborelius, who has led the small Catholic community in Sweden since 1998, ...

In a first-of-its-kind event, members of Elizabethtown’s St. Peter Catholic Church and Christ Lutheran Church will gather together Wednesday for a meal and vesper service to mark what is being called ...

PARIS (Reuters) - Two leading Lutheran clerics have rejected suggestions from the Vatican that it could create a subdivision for converted Lutherans similar to its structures for Anglicans who join ...

Well-known religious philosopher and writer Martin Marty speaks at the College of St. Scholastica on Thursday. His talk, "Catholic-Lutheran Interactions: A Buried Hatchet, Not a Buried Handle," is ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. PARIS • Catholics and Lutherans have made another step toward joint commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in ...

For the National Lutheran Council, it appeared that day was dying in the west. Meeting on the West Coast for the first time since its organization in 1918 as the cooperative agency of American ...

Martin Luther likely would be astonished to know that Lutheran churches continue to celebrate his efforts to bring about religious reform 489 years after his calls for change in 1517. Lutherans ...