The recent murder of Sir David Amess, a Catholic Member of Parliament, has proved an unwelcome if timely reminder of how central death is to the life of the Christian. The entire culture surrounding death is one of the most engaging, alluring, rewarding, and comforting aspects of the Catholic faith. It’s also one of the things that makes Catholicism so strange to the culturally secular.
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
