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January 11, 2021

Pope Francis amends canon law so women can be installed as lectors, acolytes

A lector delivers a reading during Mass at a church in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., Aug. 20, 2014. Pope Francis ordered a change to the Code of Canon Law so that women may be formally instituted as lectors and acolytes.

VATICAN CITY -- Recognizing "the gifts of each baptized person" -- women and men -- Pope Francis ordered a change to canon law and liturgical norms so that women could be formally installed as lectors and acolytes.

Published in Vatican
November 17, 2017

Speaking Out: Finding my place in Church

A young woman delivers Scripture reading at the Sept. 26 Festival of Families in Philadelphia.
When I was in Grade 4, I used to sit in the front pew at my church and watch my older sister altar serve. I had always looked up to my sister and as I sat there, I realized I wanted to be just like her.
Published in YSN: Speaking Out