A new book by Kirsten Powers digs into what it means to practice grace in a complicated, stressful and divided world. “True grace is otherworldly,” she writes. “It goes against every instinct we have to seek revenge for wrongs or to shame and humiliate people who have acted immorally or unethically.”

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