Bishop Mark S. Hanson, the out­going president of the Lutheran World Fed­eration, appealed to delegates at the LWF gathering in Ger­many to hold together and avoid splits in the face of differences ...

Blessings for people living in same-sex relationships triggered heated debate at a meeting last month of the main governing body of the Lutheran World Federation in the southern Swedish city of Lund.

Nora Antonsen, a youth delegate from the Lutheran Church of Norway, and Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, smile during an ecumenical prayer service ...

The group that calls itself “the oldest and largest Protestant communion” turned out in Minneapolis last week for an impressive show of strength. The Lutheran World Federation was holding its third ...

The trademark of the great modern religious assemblies is the “observer” from another faith, peering friendly and fascinated at the proceedings and often ...

During an ecumenical prayer service at the assembly of the Lutheran World Federation, the Vatican's chief ecumenist and the federation's general secretary formally called for a joint reflection on the ...