Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Haven, Connecticut (Photo by Angelo Jesus Canta) If a Catholic were to walk into Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Haven, Conn., he or she would not ...

The Rev. Anne Burghardt, an Estonian theologian, was chosen Saturday (June 19) by the LWF Council as the next general secretary of the federation, which includes 148 denominations in the Lutheran ...

With pomp and ceremony on January 6, the Episcopal (Anglican) Church in the United States and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) formally inaugurated full communion between the two ...

PARIS (RNS) Amid ceremonies this year marking the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, one of Protestantism’s leading branches has officially said it now agrees with the Vatican on the main issue at ...

Pope Francis has a knack for setting traditionalist teeth on edge with unscripted musings on sacred topics. He recently did it again when he seemed to suggest that a Lutheran could receive Communion ...

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — Although Pope Francis may have had outreach to the churches of the Reformation in mind when he named Bishop Anders Arborelius a cardinal, since the Swedish prelate leads a small ...

United Methodists have taken the first step toward full communion with Episcopalians and most Lutherans after their bishops approved an agreement to share the Eucharist, with members of the two other ...

Nine youths received First Holy Communion at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church on Oct. 29. The youth completed instruction on the meaning of the Sacrament of Holy Communion by Pastor Janell Wigen. During ...

The distribution of Holy Communion to a group of Finnish Lutherans in St. Peter’s basilica last week was a mistake and not a sign that the Church is changing its practice on access to the Sacraments, ...