A two-day exhibition showcasing the role of laypeople in missionary activities drew hundreds of Catholic priests, nuns, men, women and children in Sri Lanka. The exhibition themed "But Let’s Walk" was ...
Today, reformers would like to see the church return to the more ancient practice of electing bishops at the local level, either by the laity or the clergy. While this might work in democratic ...
They didn’t want to have to acknowledge her existence at all. So the legislation failed to be passed. Not because of the clergy but because of the non-ordained laity. It failed because we believe that ...
The Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church has officially banned laypersons, and priests from participating in what the Church communication described as “anti-Church ...
to rediscover the co-responsibility of all of the baptised in the Church, and the mission of the laity in a particular way". A lector in the Catholic Church can recite prayers and sacred texts ...
She was also the first non-religious layperson and woman to hold the post. Her passion and commitment to promoting the role of the laity in the Church's mission were evident in the evolution of the ...