According to The Pillar Survey on Religious Attitudes and Practices, 35% of Americans attend religious services weekly, 28% have a “different religious identity” from the one in which they were raised, and 52% agree with the statement that “Jesus suffered and died to redeem our sins.”

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