[k omalley]

Why oh why is the Catholic Church trying to unite with such churches as ELCA which are pro-abort, ordain openly gay clergy, and are rapidly moving toward blessing same sex marriages? Honestly, this just doesn't make sense and makes me wonder what in the heck is going on.

[american colleen]

Who knows. My ECLA M-I-L is always telling me how similar the Catholic Church and the Lutherans are. I just smile. You know what? If she goes by what happens in most parishes or what she knows from listening to most Catholics, she's probably not incorrect.

I always thought the "Joint Declaration" between the ECLA and the Catholics was kind of dodgy. Lots of words and lots of paper to come to the conclusion that the Lutherans agree that the Catholic Church doesn't teach that you get to heaven by doing good works and then agreeing that Mr. Luther had some legit complaints. Whoopee.