When a Catholic parish closes, its diocese saves the contents that might be of future use: crucifixes, candelabras, or pictures of the pope. The pieces are excised and brought to a warehouse where they are stored as “Church Patrimony.” In the Brooklyn Diocese’s East New York warehouse sits one long-forgotten piece of patrimony…
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
