July is one of those months. The heat of summer sets in and elderly uncles come to visit and delight in declaring – with an hourly gasp and a wipe of the forehead — that “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity!” He’ll persist even after some smart-mouth growls that the inside of an oven is pretty dry, but still an unpleasant place to sit.

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