During his youth as an acclaimed pianist, Hermann Cohen — dubbed “Puzzi” by his adoring admirers — would have been the first to discount any notion that in 1858, he would become the first priest to lead a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France. As Carmelite Father Timothy Tierney explained in his biography…
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
