{"id":3786,"date":"2015-12-12T07:34:28","date_gmt":"2015-12-12T06:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.strasbourginstitute.org\/?p=3786"},"modified":"2021-11-18T10:35:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T09:35:49","slug":"pope-francis-at-the-lutheran-church-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecumenical-institute.org\/en\/2015\/12\/12\/pope-francis-at-the-lutheran-church-in-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis at the Lutheran Church in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"

On November 14, 2015, Pope Francis visited the Lutheran Christ Church in Rome and participated in the worship with the German-language congregation. The event deserves in every respect great attention. The service can be watched on Youtube<\/a>. It shows how the pope celebrated this liturgy with great warmth and in an easy-going atmosphere amidst Protestant Christians; and how sensitively and well thought-out the service was in its preparation by the congregation and its pastor. In his greeting, Pr. Dr. Jens-Martin Kruse recalled the words that Pope Francis had said upon his election: \u201cAnd now let us begin this journey, the Bishop and the people, this journey of the Church of Rome which presides in charity over all the Churches, a journey of brotherhood in love, of mutual trust. Let us always pray for one another.\u201c Before the evening prayer began, three members of the congregation were able to pose questions to the pope. It is impressive and moving to listen to his answers. \"\"<\/a>For this reason we offer here a small extract of the conversation; the complete text in German can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

First Question:<\/em><\/p>\n

My name is Julius. I am nine years old, and I really like to take part in the children\u2019s services at this congregation. I am fascinated by the stories of Jesus, and I also like how he acted. My question is: what do you like best about being pope?<\/em><\/p>\n

Pope Francis:<\/p>\n

The answer is simple. What I like best\u2026 If I asked you what you like most to eat, you will say: cake, dessert. Or maybe not? But you have to eat everything. What I honestly like best is to be a pastor, to be a shepherd. I don\u2019t like the office work. These jobs I don\u2019t like. I don\u2019t like giving official interviews\u2014this here is not a official but informal\u2014but I have to do them. What do I like best? Being a pastor. Now, I am gladly a pastor, and when I am being a pastor, what I like best is being with children, talking to them, and you learn a lot, yes, you learn a lot with them. I am glad to be a pope in the style of a pastor\u2026 I also really love to visit prisons, but not that they bring me behind bars! Because talking to prisoners\u2026 you understand maybe, what I\u2019m saying to you\u2014because each time, when I step into a prison, I ask myself, \u201cWhy them and not me?\u201d And then I feel the salvation of Jesus Christ, the love of Jesus Christ for me. For he is the one who has saved me. I am no less of a sinner than they are, but the Lord took me by the hand. I feel that too. And if I go into a prison, I\u2019m happy. To be pope is to be bishop, pastor, shepherd.<\/p>\n

Second Question:<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>My name is Anke de Bernardinis, and like many people in our congregation I am married to an Italian, a Roman Catholic Christian. For many years we have lived happily together and share both joy and sorrow. For this reason it really hurts us that we are divided in our faith and cannot partake of the Lord\u2019s Supper together. What can we do, to finally reach fellowship on this point?<\/em><\/p>\n

Pope Francis:<\/p>\n

Thank you, Mrs. de Bernardinis. To answer the question about a common Lord\u2019s Supper is not easy for me, above all in front of a theologian like Cardinal Kasper. I\u2019m afraid to do so! I make your question my own\u2014so I ask myself: to share the Lord\u2019s Supper, is it the end of the way or strengthening on the way to making progress together? I leave the question to the theologians, to those who understand it. It\u2019s true that in a certain sense \u201cshare\u201d means that no differences exist between us, that we have the same teaching\u2014I underline the word, a word that is hard to understand\u2014yet I ask myself: don\u2019t we have the same baptism? And if we have the same baptism, we must walk together\u2026 When you pray together, then baptism grows, becomes stronger. When you teach your children who Jesus is, why Jesus came, what Jesus has done for us, you do the same thing in Lutheran as well as in Catholic language, in fact it is the same. The question: And the Supper? There are questions which one\u2014only when one is honest with himself and the modest theological lights that I have\u2014likewise must answer, you see. \u201cThis is my body, this is my blood,\u201d the Lord said, \u201cdo this in remembrance of me.\u201d And that is a strengthening along the way that helps us make progress\u2026 To your question I answer only with a question: How can I make it happen with my husband so that the Lord\u2019s Supper accompanies me on my way? It is a problem that each person must answer. A pastor friend of mine said to me however, \u201cWe believe that here the Lord is present. He is present. You believe that the Lord is present. What is the difference?\u201d \u201dWell, there are the explanations, the clarifications\u201d\u2026 Life is greater than explanations and clarifications. Always make reference to baptism: \u201cOne faith, one baptism, one Lord,\u201d Paul says to us, and the inference can be drawn from there. I will never dare give permission to do this, for it is not my competence. One baptism, one Lord, one faith. Speak with the Lord and go forward. I dare not say more.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Pope Francis concluded his sermon on Matthew 25:31\u201346 by deviating from his prepared manuscript with words that pointed a way forward: \u201cIt pleases me\u2014and with this I will close\u2014when I reflect on the Lord as a servant who serves; then it pleases me to ask him that he will be the servant of unity who helps us to make progress together. Today we have prayed together. To pray together, to work together for the poor and needy, to love one another with the true love of sisters and brothers. \u2018But, Father, we are still different, because our dogmatic books say one thing and yours say another.\u2019 A great church member from among you once spoke about how the time had come for reconciled diversity. Let us pray today for this grace, the grace of this reconciled diversity in the Lord, that is in the servant of YHWH, the God Who has not come to us to be served but to serve (Mk. 10:42). I thank you very much for this brotherly hospitality. Thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u201cgreat church member\u201d to whom the pope refers was Prof. Dr. Harding Meyer, former director of the Institute in Strasbourg, whose pioneering work in ecumenism developed the strategy of \u201creconciled diversity\u201d that made the 1999 Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification possible.<\/p>\n

At the end of the service, Pope Francis presented Pr. Kruse with a eucharistic chalice and paten; something he otherwise only does in visits to Roman Catholic dioceses. A remarkable sign! May this visit of the pope in a Lutheran church promote the cause of the ecumenical movement and touch many people!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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