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The two attributes that all lay ministries in the Church have in common are ‘mission’ and ‘service,’ the Pope said, adding that means ‘the willingness to serve the brethren and, in them, to serve Christ.’
Pope Francis established the ministry of catechist as an instituted, vocational service within the Catholic Church last May.
Pope Francis’ recent changes in canon law to the lay ministries of acolyte, lector and catechist are aimed at empowering a missionary Church at the parish level.
COMMENTARY: The move makes three key points: Vatican II’s teaching on mission; the missionary identity of all disciples; and the secular vocation of the laity.
Pope Francis said the ministry is "urgently needed today" due to the necessity for "evangelization in the contemporary world and the rise of a globalized culture.”
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