Los Angeles auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron will be appointed to lead the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota on Thursday, sources close to the process confirmed to The Pillar on Wednesday. The appointment comes in the wake of several high-profile employee departures from Barron’s Word on Fire apostolate, where the bishop and other senior leaders have been accused of mishandling allegations of sexual misconduct on the part of a former employee…
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