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On Reformation anniversary, Catholics, Lutherans ‘beg forgiveness’ for violence
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleCatholic and Lutheran leaders issue a joint statement saying they beg forgiveness for violence waged during a revolution that saw Protestants break away from the Roman Catholic Church 500 years ago.
“We begged forgiveness for our failures and for the ways in which Christians have wounded the Body of the Lord and offended each other during the five hundred years since the beginning of the Reformation until today,” the Vatican and Lutheran World Federation say.
— AFP
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