The operator of a Chick-fil-A in Athens, Georgia, has taken a cue from National Lampoon’s Clark W. Griswold and decked his restaurant out with a truly staggering number of Christmas lights. Alex Clark — no relation, obviously — began his annual feat of exterior illumination in 2015 as a way to spread hope and start new family traditions in the college town.

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