“Archivist Triona Doocey said some treasures had been crushed by falling masonry, damaged during the demolition process, or vandalized, but many had been safely recovered,” according to the report on New Zealand’s Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, which was damaged in an earthquake and subsequently demolished.

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