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    VATICAN (CWNews.com) -- Following up on the signing of a historic joint document on justification, Catholics and Lutherans will join in the celebration of Vespers in St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday, November 13, with Pope John Paul II presiding along with Lutheran primates from Sweden and Finland.

    For the occasion-- with the king and queen of Sweden also on hand-- Pope John Paul will unveil a new statue of St. Brigitte of Sweden, whom he recently proclaimed as co-patron of the European continent. The statue will be placed in an alcove inside St. Peter's Basilica.

    The ecumenical prayer service will be preceded by a seminar in which Catholic and Lutheran scholars will offer their thoughts on the topic: St. Brigitte and the Holy Year. Cardinal Edward Cassidy, the president of the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity, and Lutheran Archbishop John Vikstrom of Finland will be among the contributors.

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