From the Lutherans:

March 13, 2013

 

New pope has ties to Lutherans, says ELCA presiding bishop

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     CHICAGO (ELCA) — In response to the election today of Cardinal

Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina as the new pope, the Rev. Mark S.

Hanson, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

(ELCA), said he is “encouraged that Pope Francis I has worked with

Lutherans in Argentina.”

As a disciple of John Paul II and someone who had warm relations with Argentine Jewry, Pope Francis appears to be very much part of that movement. While that might appear to be a parochial concern for Jews, it is actually very significant.

 

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