Probably the most newsy -- and somewhat unexpected -- item in the final propositions of the Synod of Bishops on the Bible was a proposal to allow women to be installed officially in the ministry of ...

Highlighting the importance of the Bible in the life of faith and the role of lay women and men in sharing the Gospel, Pope Francis formally installed eight men and women in the ministry of lector and ...

Pope Francis issued a motu proprio Monday changing canon law to allow women to serve as lectors and acolytes. In the motu proprio "Spiritus Domini," issued on Jan. 11, the pope changed canon 230 § 1 ...

Pope Francis presides over an Epiphany mass in St.Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.) Listen ROME – Pope Francis Sunday celebrated a special Mass ...

Pope Francis’ “Letter,” properly implemented, has the opportunity to realize an almost 50-year-old vision of lay ministry that has largely lain dormant. A reader reads at the Easter Vigil Mass in St.

Eleven seminarians from Saint Vincent Seminary were instituted into the Ministry of Lector by the Most Rev. Jeffrey M. Monforton, S.T.D., bishop of Steubenville, on April 11 in the Archabbey Basilica.

The Archbishop, Mgr Paul Cremona, OP, instituted two seminarians as lectors, during Mass at St Pius X parish church in Sta Lucija. The two seminarians, who are in their fifth year of formation, are ...

Yesterday, 40 men and women received the lectorate in Baghdad’s Cathedral of St Joseph. The Chaldean Patriarch emphasised women’s role in the community. For Mgr Yaldo, more than 600 people came ...