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 formally conferred the ministries of lector and catechist upon four men and six women from the Philippines, Mexico, Congo, Italy, and the U.K. on Sunday at a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica.

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.

Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Mass marking Sunday of the Word of God in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Jan. 23, 2022. (CNS photo/Remo Casilli, Reuters) In a move marked by little fanfare ...