Catholic health professionals, chaplains and priests in New Zealand are being given guidelines and pastoral help to work with people who decide to die under the new End of Life Choice Act, which takes effect on 7 November.

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