That as many as a thousand Lutherans will rise and sing Martin Luther’s stirring “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” in a Catholic church on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation may seem surprising or ...

PITTSBURGH — Whatever you’ve seen in the movies and pictures, Martin Luther probably didn’t nail his “95 Theses” onto a church door in Wittenberg. What he certainly did on Oct. 31, 1517, was put the ...

ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis, in a visit to Rome's Lutheran church on Sunday, said both sides, Catholics and Lutherans, should seek forgiveness for past persecutions. "There were terrible times ...

Martin Luther likely would be astonished to know that Lutheran churches continue to celebrate his efforts to bring about religious reform 489 years after his calls for change in 1517. Lutherans ...

With another 32 theses down, and dozens more to go, a Lutheran-Catholic document that caps five decades of theological discussions is considered another major step in repairing the rift between the ...

John Calvin never met Martin Luther. Over the centuries, the doctrinal heirs of the two great reformers have often seemed to interpret this happenstance of history as a command to avoid spiritual ...