Pope amends canon law so women can minister 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. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
By Cindy Wooden • Catholic News Service • Posted January 11, 2021
VATICAN CITY (CNS) 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.
“A consolidated practice in the Latin church has confirmed, in fact, that such lay ministries, being based on the sacrament of baptism, can be entrusted to all the faithful who are suitable, whether male or female,” the pope wrote in his order changing canon law.
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.
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Pope Francis puts on his face mask as he attends an inter-religious ceremony for peace in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli, in Rome Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020 (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)
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