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)
Pope amends canon law so women can be installed as lectors, acolytes
This formalizes the practice that most dioceses around the world have permitted for decades, that women and girls can read and serve at Mass.
