By Laura Ieraci CHICAGO — The concept of lay ecclesial ministry is not broad enough to "give a full account of lay leadership in the Church" and ironically supports a culture of clericalism that characterizes a pre-Vatican II ecclesiology, said …
Scripture passage encourages women during lockdown
By Filipe Domingues ROME — In a message sent to a Catholic conference in Spain, Pope Francis encouraged lay people to fight individualism and to be protagonists of the "outgoing Church." "We are people of God, invited to live the faith …
By Elena Dini ROME — Originally from Briona, situated in northern Italy, Monica Prandi arrived at The Lay Centre in 2019, after having met three Lay Centre resident scholars at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, where she studies. "When I met …