“This is a potential catastrophe for freedom of religion,” Wesley Smith in his analysis of the Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the California case. Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch were the only three justices who were willing to consider the case.

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