Looking to the future -

HOT OFF THE PRESS

"At a joint meeting of representatives of the Executive bodies of the German Protestant Kirchentag and the Central Committee of German Catholics they have agreed to recommend two further ecumenical projects to their respective organisations:

- the planning of a large ecumenical event in 2017 - on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation

- to aim towards a 3rd Ecumenical Kirchentag in 2019.

The exact dates and locations for the two projects are subject to further discussion.

The Kirchentag and Katholikentag events due to take place before the 3rd Ecumenical Kirchentag will have a strong ecumenical emphasis, underlining their character as steps along a common path."

PLEASE NOTE: these projects have yet to be confirmed.