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By Cindy WoodenLUND, Sweden (CNS) -- UrgingCatholics and Lutherans to take decisive steps toward unity, Pope Francisnevertheless offered no new openings to the idea of sharing Communion beforefull unity is achieved."We Christians will becredible witnesses of mercy to the extent that forgiveness, renewal andreconciliation are daily experienced in our midst," the pope said Oct. 31during an ecumenical prayer service in the Lutherans' Lund cathedral, which wasbuilt as a Catholic cathedral in the 11th century.With the prayer service, PopeFrancis and leaders of the Lutheran World Federation launched a year ofactivities to mark the 500th anniversary in 2017 of Martin Luther's efforts toreform the church.For Pope Francis and the Vatican,Catholics are called to commemorate the event by focusing on concrete ways toexpress and strengthen the doctrinal agreements reached by Catholic andLutheran theologians over the past 50 years. The most appropriate way to markthe anniversary, they said, was ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Did Bill Cosby drug and molest young women as part of a "signature" crime spree spanning five decades? Prosecutors preparing for his sexual-assault trial hope to call 13 of about 60 accusers to show just that....
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BEIRUT (AP) -- Lebanon's parliament on Monday elected Michel Aoun, an 81-year-old former army commander and strong ally of the militant group Hezbollah, as the country's president, ending a more than two-year vacuum in the top post and a political crisis that brought state institutions perilously close to collapse....
LUND, Sweden (AP) -- Pope Francis marked the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation by travelling to secular Sweden on Monday and encouraging Catholics and Lutherans to move beyond the "errors" of the past to forge greater unity, including sharing in the Eucharist....
BAZWAYA, Iraq (AP) -- Iraqi special forces advanced on the Islamic State-held city of Mosul from the east on Monday, taking heavy fire but seizing the last IS-held village before the city's eastern limits and clearing a path that was followed by army units....
LEEDEY, Okla. (AP) -- A weeklong manhunt for a suspect in a string of violent crimes, including the killing of two relatives, the shooting of three law enforcement officers and multiple carjackings, has ended in a police chase and shootout that left the man dead in western Oklahoma....
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WILTON MANORS, Fla. (AP) -- Newly emboldened, Donald Trump is campaigning in traditionally Democratic states after the recent discovery of more emails that may be relevant to the FBI's investigation of Hillary Clinton's private system....
(Vatican Radio) Caritas Internationalis and the Lutheran World Federation’s charitable arm are jointly preparing a key event in Sweden’s Malmö arena as part of the October 31st anniversary of the Reformation.Pope Francis and Lutheran leaders are together hosting a day of ecumenical events in Sweden to kick off the 500th anniversary commemorations of the Reformation and to celebrate the progress that has been made in Catholic-Lutheran relations over the past half century.Following a joint prayer liturgy in Lund cathedral, the pope and the Lutheran leaders will travel to Malmö for a celebration of the witness that Catholics and Lutherans are giving together, working for justice and peace in countries around the world.To find out more about this unprecedented initiative, Philippa Hitchen spoke to the secretary general of Caritas Internationalis Michel Roy…Listen: Roy says the initiative originates with the Catholic and Lutheran Churches, which want ...
