Pope Francis has asked Protestants and other Christian Churches for forgiveness for past persecution by Catholics. Speaking at an annual vespers service in St. Paul's Basilica in Rome attended by representatives of other religions, he said, "Let us ask, above all, forgiveness for the sin of our divisions." The Vatican announced that on October 31, Francis would go to the southern Swedish city of Lund, where the Lutheran World Federation was founded in 1947, for a joint service with Lutherans to launch Reformation commemorations that will continue throughout the world next year. Martin Luther, a German, is credited with starting the Protestant Reformation in 1517 with writing 95 theses - said to have been nailed to a church door in Wittenberg - criticizing the Catholic Church for selling forgiveness from sins for money. It led to a violent, often political schism throughout Europe and Christianity, prompting among other things the 30 Years' War, the destruction of English monasteries, and the burning of numerous "heretics" on both sides. Catholic traditionalists have accused Francis of making too many concessions to Lutherans, particularly in a "common prayer" that both...
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