Benedict to seek reunion with Lutherans?

Reconciliation with Lutherans is close to this pope’s heart:

According to John Allen, the American Vatican-watcher who has kept an eye on Joseph Ratzinger for the past few years and written his biography (Cardinal Ratzinger, Continuum), the Pope’s greatest hopes are for talks on Christian unity with the Lutherans, who number about 60 million.

John at Confessing Evangelical is skeptical.