On September 17, the Catholic Church remembers Saint Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), a Benedictine abbess who was named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012. But Saint Hildegard was more than […]
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