A few years ago, a mutual friend organized a group lunch in midtown Manhattan for a young man new to the city, fresh out of a selective university, and starting his first job in finance. Our host hoped each of us might share a few words of advice for how to stay sane in New York City. The assembled elders recommended a few lively parishes, the best museums, young professionals groups to join, places where the marriageable young women might be met, and more. Some recommended subscribing to
First Things
,
The New Criterion
, and
City Journal
.
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
