Pope Francis pleaded for an end to “walls of fear” and “vetoes dictated by nationalist interests” on Dec. 2, as he arrived in the splintered eastern Mediterranean capital city of Nicosia.
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