An experience of a “communitarian salvation” is how Pope Francis describes in Laudato si’ what the architects of Passo Fundo in southern Brazil are doing. From fundraising to renovation projects, the purchase of materials and installation, the “Architecture for those who need it most” initiative restores dignity to the city’s low-income families by building bathrooms equipped with all the necessary sanitary facilities.

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