Lay people have been passing on the Catholic faith for 2,000 years. Now Pope Francis has made it an official ministry | America Magazine

Lay people have been passing on the Catholic faith for 2,000 years. Now Pope Francis has made it an official ministry | America Magazine: The lay ministry of catechist, the pope said, gives recognition to “those lay men and women who feel called by virtue of their baptism to cooperate in the work of catechesis.”