Centro Melantone Ecumenical Summer Course visits DPCU

On 8 September 2025, participants of the Centro Melantone Ecumenical Summer Course visited the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity (DPCU). The group, comprising individuals from Germany and Switzerland, was accompanied by the Reverend Dr Martin Bräuer, a member of the Institute for Confessional Studies in Bensheim (Germany), and the Reverend Patrick Spitzenberger, Director of the Centro Melantone in Rome.

Fr Dr Augustinus Sander OSB, Official of the DPCU responsible for relations with the Lutherans, provided an overview of the history of the Dicastery, highlighted current topics in Catholic–Lutheran dialogue, and discussed emerging methodological challenges.

Centro Melantone is an ecumenical study centre founded in 2002 by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy (CELI) and the Waldensian Faculty of Theology. The Centre operates as a platform for evangelical theologians from across Europe who wish to engage more deeply with the diverse expressions of Christianity present in the city of Rome.