“The Government insists that it is an offence for a priest to leave his home to celebrate a public Mass unless this is a funeral or a wedding,” according to the report. “The State also adds that it is a similar offence for a parishioner to leave their home to attend Mass.”

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