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Latest NewsLutheran bishop defends Pope27 January 2012Lutheran Bishop Johannes Friedrich has said that Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the Augustinian monastery at Erfurt on his visit to Germany last year "cannot be rated highly enough". The former Bishop of Bavaria was writing in the German Protestant monthly Chrismon about the papal visit, which came amid preparations for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, dated to Luther's publication of The Ninety-Five Theses in 1517. Bishop Friedrich admitted that the question of whether the Pope's visit to Erfurt was a step forward or a step back for ecumenism continues to be hotly debated in Germany. He insisted that what Pope Benedict told Protestant leaders at the time in private talks was "a step towards rehabilitating Luther". For other recent bulletins, select from the list here: |
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