Church Leaders Commemorate Joint Declaration on Doctrine of Justification

(01 Oct 09 - RV) Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops will join other church leaders in downtown Chicago today to commemorate the signing of a joint agreement on the Doctrine of Justification, a matter that for centuries divided Christians..Leaders from the Catholic, Lutheran and Methodist churches will gather at Old Saint Patrick’s Church for  a service of evening prayer that will include talks paying tribute to the Joint Declaration, signed on October 31, 1999 by Vatican officials and the Lutheran world Federation.Fr.James Massa is the executive director of the secretariat for inter-religious and ecumenical affairs at the USCCB. He told us more about the significance of the agreement….