Monday, September 13, 2010

Female Lutheran Bishop Consecrated in Finland; Says Both Church and Society Need Stronger Trust

The Ecumenical News International website reports today that Finland's first female Lutheran bishop has been consecrated at a service in Helsinki Cathedral at which she said that both church and society need to strengthen trust.

"People long for trust," Bishop Irja Askola said in a sermon at her September 12, 2010 consecration.

She added, "If we cannot get into good terms in order to be able to communicate with those with different opinions, backgrounds, or ways of life, we are on the way to destruction."

"Different opinions will not destroy us," she concluded.

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