On Palm Sunday in 2021, Jim and Ann Ryan, in violation of lockdown restrictions, traveled 40 miles to Mass in order to thank God for a medical healing. Refusing to pay the $315 fine and facing the prospect of jail time. the Ryans “have become an unlikely poster couple advocating for religious freedom in the Republic of Ireland,” according to the report.
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
