As Christians around the globe begin to commemorate 500 years of Reformation, a ceremony has been held in Vatican City in honor of Lutheran World Federation (LWF) president Bishop Munib Younan, from the Evangelical Luthern Church In Jordan and the Holy Land.
On October 31, Younan represented the Lutheran Church at a ceremony in Lund, Sweden, where he and Pope Francis, as representative of the Catholic Church, signed a unity declaration. Highlighting the achievements and steps toward unity taken in Lund, the Vatican City ceremony drew attendance from the Catholic and Lutheran churches, diplomats to the Vatican, and members of the Palestinian Higher Presidential Higher Committee for Church Affairs. It was hosted by the Palestinian representative office in Vatican City.
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