On November 22, Pope Francis addressed participants in a Christmas music contest for youth and young adults. The contest was organized by the Pontifical Foundation Gravissimum Educationis and Missioni Don Bosco.

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