This volume presents contributions of the Catholic-Lutheran International Conference held at
the Pontifical Athenaeum of St. Anselm in Rome in 2016. The scholars were invited to reflect
together on the questions of forgiveness conversion and penance in the context of the
ecumenical dialogue that has been going on since the Second Vatican Council. Precisely because
stemming from a deep rethinking of God's forgiveness the movement that began half a millennium
ago has borne diverse fruits in different traditions. Today within the context of fraternal
dialogue we may be able to recognize in a new way «the signs of God's mercy». This motivation
allows us to discover in this book new itineraries and processes of the conversion to God
which also leads to the rediscovery and the inauguration of authentic forms of penance both
ecclesial and personal.
