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Lutheran's Have a Change of Heart

Lutheran leaders urge talk with other faiths to avoid religious conflict

Wittenberg, Germany (ENI). Leaders of the Lutheran World
Federation gathered in this city where Lutheranism has its
beginnings have urged member churches to seek dialogue with other
faiths to ensure that no "confrontation between religions is
allowed to develop anywhere in the world". The first call was
made by retired Bishop Christian Krause, the president of the
LWF, to the 49-member main governing body of the federation,
which represents more than 95 per cent of the 65 million
Lutherans world-wide. Krause was speaking on Tuesday, the first
day of the LWF's council meeting in Wittenberg, where in 1517
Martin Luther, then a theology professor, led the Reformation.
[641 words, ENI-02-0285]

Ecumenical News International
News Highlights
10 September 2002

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