“A gift of hope” made by Ukrainian children in Kharkiv presented to Pope Francis
(LWI) - Leaders of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) met with Pope Francis in the Vatican on 20 June, highlighting the need for Lutherans and Catholics to strengthen their joint witness to “the life-giving and life-sustaining message of the Gospel of God’s liberating grace and our joint service to all neighbors.”
LWF President Bishop Henrik Stubkjær led a delegation which included the General Secretary Rev. Dr Anne Burghardt and vice presidents of the LWF regions who were elected during last September’s Thirteenth Assembly in Kraków, Poland. Together, they presented the pope with the gift of a small vase of flowers made from a bullet by Ukrainian children in the Lutheran congregation of Kharkiv.