STOCKHOLM – Sweden's Lutheran church said Monday it had ordained its first openly gay bishop, just two weeks after it gave priests the right to wed same-sex couples. Eva Brunne was ordained as ...

UPPSALA, Sweden-- The newly-elected Lutheran bishop of Stockholm says that being a lesbian means she wants to stand alongside people who feel powerless. "I know what it is to be called into ...

Among the cardinals taking a stance against women in the priesthood is Bishop of Stockholm Anders Arborelius, an ex-Lutheran convert to Catholicism who was appointed Cardinal of the Nordic ...

A historic shortage of priests in the country led to the need to appoint bishops from Germany or the United States to head the Diocese of Stockholm. However, he was born into a Lutheran family ...

including the bishop of Stockholm, Anders Arborelius, his name resounded for the first time with great amazement to everyone. He was unknown to most and, moreover, there had never been a cardinal ...

“It’s sad both for the White House and for the president,” Cardinal Anders Arborelius, the bishop of Stockholm, told The Washington Post. “I mean, he makes themselves ridiculous, right?” ...

An audience of more than 800 heard the Bishop of Stockholm and Bruno Kaplan, president of the Stockholm Jewish community, describe Wallenberg’s exploit while a diplomat in Budapest and the ...