Although Vatican prosecutors have turned over key testimony to defense lawyers in a high-profile financial-misconduct case—after initially resisting the disclosure—defense lawyers are now calling attention to suspicious gaps in the recordings. Prosecutors did not explain the reason for the gaps. John Allen of Crux compares the situation to the discovery of key missing White House tapes during the Watergate scandal.
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
