Ecumenical delegation from Germany visits DPCU

As part of an ecumenical pilgrimage to Rome on the occasion of the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea and the Holy Year 2025, representatives of the Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau and the Evangelical Church in Baden visited the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity (DPCU).

The ecumenical delegation, which was led by Bishop Prof. Heike Springhart and Archbishop Stephan Burger, also included Prelate Dr Marc Witzenbacher, Auxiliary Bishop Dr Peter Birkhofer, as well as other ecumenical officials.

The special tasks and challenges of international, national and local ecumenism were addressed in an exchange with Father Dr Augustinus Sander OSB, German DPCU staff member.

Bishop Springhart presented Father Sander with the commemorative medal of the Evangelical Church in Baden (a united / uniting Protestant Church) to mark the 200th anniversary of the "Badische Union" in 2021.

_{Photos: Fabian Freiseis}