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- ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton greets Pope Francis during the February ELCA Ecumenical Journey.
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- In addition to greeting Pope Francis, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and other ELCA leaders met with representatives of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Congregation for Bishops in The Roman Curia, and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.
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- Donald McCoid, director for ELCA Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations, presents Pope Francis with a gift during the 2015 Ecumenical Journey led by ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton.
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- ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton presents Pope Francis with letters from students attending St. Paul’s School in San Francisco. The letters include one from the daughter of Elizabeth Ekdale. Elizabeth, a member of the ELCA Church Council and pastor of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in San Francisco, participated in the 2015 ELCA Ecumenical Journey led by Eaton.
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- William E. Flippin Jr. greets Pope Francis during the 2015 Ecumenical Journey led by ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton. William is a member of the ELCA Church Council and is the pastor of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Atlanta.
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- ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton visits the “Room of Tears” during the ELCA Ecumenical Journey.
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- A view of St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City.
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- The ELCA delegation included Donald P. Kreiss (far right), bishop of the ELCA Southeast Michigan Synod; Kathryn Lohre, executive for ELCA Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations (left); and Donald McCoid (next to Lohre), director for ELCA Ecumenical and Inter-Religious Relations. ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton (center) led the delegation.
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- ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton and other ELCA leaders met with representatives of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity during the 2015 ELCA Ecumenical Journey.
In an endeavor to learn, share and deepen dialogue with Christian partners around the world, ELCA Presiding Bishop Elizabeth Eaton led a delegation of ELCA leaders in February 2015 to meet with religious leaders in Geneva, London and Rome, which included a general audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican.
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