Pope Francis celebrated the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper in the chapel of Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, who resigned in September. Members of the Focolare movement were also present, according to an Italian Vatican News report. (Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, was the principal celebrant at the Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica.)

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