12 Feb Friday

Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, St. Peter, Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, dinner with Cardinal Kasper.

At the Feb. 12 meeting with Cardinal Kasper were, from left, The Rev. Donald McCoid, executive, ELCA Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations, Bishop Michael Burke, ELCA Southeastern Iowa Synod and Bishop Claire Burkat, ELCA Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod.

Cardinal Walter Kasper, left, president, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, addresses ELCA Presiding Bishop and LWF President Mark Hanson Feb. 12 in Rome.
Bishop Rob Hofstad, ELCA Southweatern Washington Synod, makes a point in discussion with Cardinal Kasper Feb. 12 in Rome. Next to him is Bishop Claire Burkat, ELCA Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod.
Bishop Callon Holloway, ELCA Southern Ohio Synod, addresses Cardinal Kasper Feb. 12 in Rome.

The Rev. Donald McCoid, executive, ELCA Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations, addresses Cardinaal Kasper Feb. 12 in Rome.

This icon, a 1964 gift to Pope Paul VI from the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch, hangs in the offices of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. Cardinal Kasper said the icon depicts the council's work.

Three members of the ELCA delegation with Bishop Brian Farrell, second from left, secretary, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity -- from left, Deborah Chenoweth, Hood River, Ore., ELCA Church Council; the Rev. Susan Langhauser, Olathe, Kan. ELCA Church Council; and Mitzi Budde, Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, and Lutheran co-chair, Lutheran-Episcopal Coordinating Committee.

Cardinal Water Kasper, right, talks with Bishop Claire Burkat, ELCA Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod, during a break in the Feb. 12 meeting in Rome.

Cardinal Walter Kasper, the Vatican's chief ecuemnical leader, and Bishop Michael Burk, ELCA Southeastern Iowa Synod.

Cardinal Walter Kasper, right, with Ione Hanson, left, during a break in the Feb. 12 meeting in Rome.