Australian police labeled the April 15 Sydney church attack a “terrorist act” against the Assyrian community, descendants of an ancient Eastern Christian church that prospered in medieval Asia before enduring early 20th-century persecution.
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