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15 DENVER CATHOLIC | MARCH 11-24, 2017 declarations about the tragedy of the 16th century." DIVISIVE TIMES, UNITIVE MEASURES Though the churches still retain some points of contention and disagree- ment, much progress toward finding reconciliation has been made over the years. In 1999, the "Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification" was signed by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Lutheran World Federation, a document which stated that the two churches share "a common understanding of our justification by God's grace through faith in Christ."ª In 2015, Catholics and Lutherans once again acknowledged a path to unity through a joint declaration enti- tled "Declaration on the Way," which outlined 32 important points where the two churches are in consensus. Now, perhaps, more than ever, it is crucial for Catholics and Lutherans to continue to foster those points of agree- ment and unite as Christ intended for his Church. Scott Powell, director of the Aquinas Institute for Catholic Thought in Boulder, believes this serves as a great opportunity for Catholics and Luther- ans to remember that they belong to the same family under theªheadship of Christ, and that their family is broken. "When we forget that our family is broken, we don't see the need to want to reconcile it," Powell said. "We do need to stand in solidarity with each other, and weªneed to acknowledge how this happened and how we can move for- ward because we are a broken family." Pope Francis and Archbishop Aquila are giving Catholics a "sorely needed example," Powell said, of how to do that. "I think part of why Archbishop Aquila is doing this is he wants his flock to see their shepherd going and making an e'ort and being an example of trying to bring some level of recon- ciliation here," Powell said. "We're find- ing common ground, we're not gloss- ing over di'erences, but we're actually standing in solidarity together, and that's very, very good." A TASK OF HUMILITY If Catholics and Lutherans are to become unified once more, Father Grandon emphasized that dialogue must be engaged in with the "deepest kind of humility," both individually and corporately. "There is no room at all on the Cath- olic side for a kind of 'Catholic trium- phalism,'" he said. If we're to experience progress in putting all of the various fragmented parts of the Christian church back together, there has to be immense humility on every side." At his Crucifixion, just before enter- ing into his glory,ªJesus Christ prayed toªhis Heavenly Father, "I pray for those who will believe in me […] that they may all be one […] that the world may believe that you sent me" (Jn 17:20-21).ª The commemoration of the Reformation is a chance for Christians to ask them- selves: why are we not one? 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