The British government wants to replace prosecutions and civil actions from victims of the Troubles with an “information recovery body” to encourage reconciliation in the territory. One critic, Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, calls the plan “a betrayal of trust.”
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
