Former Monty Python member Michael Palin says church buildings remain “a vital and much-loved part of the UK’s history and heritage and we can’t let them fall into neglect and disuse.” After a year of intermittent church closures in the UK due to COVID-19, the National Churches Trust has launched a national debate to help safeguard…

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