During ad limina visits last month, Polish bishops questioned whether clergy in their country are being treated more harshly in sex abuse cases than elsewhere. The crisis coincides with growing criticism of the church’s role in public life and fuels a sense of drift among Catholics.
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
