“Transgender people have always been members of our local parishes and the witness of their lives has leads [sic] us to greater contemplation of God and the mystery of our faith,” said Archbishop John Wester, Bishop John Stowe, and other signatories of a letter. “To our transgender siblings, may you always know that the Image of God resides in you, and that God loves you.”
POPE FRANCIS TO CONFER NEW LAY MINISTRIES FOR FIRST TIME IN ST. PETER’S BASILICA
The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will confer the ministries of catechist, lector, and acolyte upon lay men and
