Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, The Vatican, greets the Rev. Susan Langhauser, Olathe, Kan., ELCA Church Council member, and other members of the ELCA delegation Feb. 13 in Rome.
ELCA Presiding Bishop and LWF President Mark Hanson, left, addresses Cardinal Giovanni Re, prefect of The Vatican's Congregation for Bishops, Feb. 13 in Rome. The two were joined by other members of the ELCA delegation.
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.
Cardinal Giaovanni Re, right, prefect, Congregation for Bishops, The Vatican, addresses the ELCA delegation Feb. 13 in Rome. Immediately to Cardinal Re's right is Bishop Rob Hofstad, ELCA Southwestern Washington Synod.
Mitzi Budde, Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, and Lutheran co-chair, Lutheran-Episcopal Coordinating Committee, at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.
Bishop Rob Hofstad, left, ELCA Southwestern Washington Synod visits with Bishop Claire Burkat, ELCA Southeastern Pennsylvania Synod, outside St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. The ELCA delegation toured the basilica Feb. 13.