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Lutheran - Roman Catholic Commission on Unity Meets in Bari, Italy
Report of Current Phase to be Published in 2006

BARI, Italy/GENEVA, 22 September 2005 (LWI) * From September 23-29,
members of the Lutheran - Roman Catholic Commission on Unity will gather
in Bari, Italy, for the last meeting of the present phase of the
international Lutheran-Roman Catholic dialogue. "The Apostolicity of the
Church" is the topic of the current phase.

Hosted by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU),
the commission members will discuss a comprehensive draft report on the
current phase, after which a final editorial process will be put in
place, with the aim to making the document ready for publication in
2006.

The dialogue, which began in 1967, is conducted by the Lutheran-Roman
Catholic Commission on Unity under the auspices of the Lutheran World
Federation (LWF) and the PCPCU. Meetings of the full commission have
been held annually since 1996, to discuss texts provided by drafters
selected from both sides. 

Since this is the last meeting in the present phase of the dialogue,
PCPCU President, Walter Cardinal Kasper and LWF General Secretary, Rev.
Dr Ishmael Noko will visit the commission together to thank its members
for their contribution toward the report on an important ecumenical
topic. 

Published reports of the international Lutheran-Roman Catholic dialogue
include The Eucharist (1978); Ways to Community (1980); The Ministry in
the Church (1981); Facing Unity (1984); and Church and Justification
(1994). (240 words)

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churches in areas of common interest such as ecumenical and inter-faith
relations, theology, humanitarian assistance, human rights,
communication, and the various aspects of mission and development work.
Its secretariat is located in Geneva, Switzerland.)

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