Archbishop Paul Coakley has praised Oklahoma’s Governor Kevin Stitt for granting an appeal for clemency by Julius Jones, a convicted murderer who was scheduled for execution on November 18. “It took tremendous courage in the face of intense pressure” to grant the last-minute plea, the archbishop said. “I applaud his commitment to seeking justice while providing the condemned an opportunity for redemption.”
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