A year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vatican decreed that the church cannot bless same-sex unions. That did not stop LGBTQ+ parishioners at a Chicago church from volunteering for numerous tasks to allow the church to reopen for services and keep the congregation safe.
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
