For the first time in 500 years, Lutherans in Sweden are welcoming Catholics to celebrate Masses in Lund cathedral, the Catholic News website reports today (April 10, 2018).
The historic cathedral -- formerly the site of bitter religious feuding -- has become a site of interfaith friendship since Pope Francis held a service there in 2016.
The agreement to allow Catholic Masses to be celebrated at the cathedral was driven to accommodate the growing parish of St. Thomas Aquinas in Lund, which will be undergoing building renovations. Catholic services will be held there beginning in October until renovations are complete.
"People are very excited," said Dominican Father Johan Linden, pastor of St. Thomas Parish. "As I and my Lutheran counterparts have stressed, this is not merely a practical solution but a fruit of the Holy Father's visit and the joint document "From Conflict to Communion."
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