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ELCA Delegation, Pope Benedict XVI Meet, Exchange Greetings
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Title: ELCA Delegation, Pope Benedict XVI Meet, Exchange Greetings
ELCA NEWS SERVICE
>February 11, 2010
ELCA Delegation, Pope Benedict XVI Meet, Exchange Greetings
10-060-JB
VATICAN CITY (ELCA) -- Continuing dialogue between Lutherans and
Catholics was a common theme expressed in an exchange of messages here
between a delegation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
and Pope Benedict XVI. Speaking for the Lutherans, the Rev. Mark S.
Hanson, ELCA presiding bishop and president of the Lutheran World
Federation (LWF), called such dialogues "a sign of hope and commitment,"
while the pope emphasized hope for the continuing Lutheran-Catholic
dialogue.
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