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Pope institutes new ‘secular ministry’ of Catechist open to laymen and laywomen

ROME – Pope Francis on Tuesday instituted the “secular” ministry of the catechist, meant for lay men and women who feel called to help in the Catholic Church’s mission of spreading the Gospel. With the formal recognition of the many “competent catechists” who already exercise an “irreplaceable mission in the

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Don’t ‘blackmail’ kids into coming to church, Vatican official says

Although he said, “I would never go to war” over the proper age to administer the sacrament of confirmation, Archbishop Rino Fisichella said too often it seems that the sacrament is delayed to “blackmail” young people into continuing to come to church.

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