The Vatican Christmas tree, which came from Andalo, a village of 1,000 in Italy’s Trentino province, was illuminated on December 10 (1-minute video), along with the Nativity scene, which came from the Diocese of Huancavélica, Peru.

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