ELCA Ratifies Catholic Interfaith Document

An interfaith statement claiming that Catholics and Lutherans are no longer divided on many key issues related to church, ministry and the Eucharist took another step forward on Aug. 10, when members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (E.L.C.A) voted overwhelmingly to ratify the 120-page document. The vote to ratify â??Declaration on the Wayâ? comes just weeks before the Christian denomination begins a year-long commemoration of the 500th anniversary of its churchâ??s founding by Martin Luther in 1517.