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Photos featured this week include a candlelit procession in memory of the six crewmen who died in the Baltimore bridge collapse, on-going restoration at Notre Dame Cathedral  and more.

In the nation’s capital — where stress, anxiety and mental health challenges sometimes impact the lives and work of those in government service, in legal and other professions, and individuals and families — St. Joseph Church on Capitol Hill hosted a “Come as You Are” Holy Week Prayer Service for Mental Health.

“Dignitas Infinita” (“Infinite Dignity”) recounts the biblical and magisterial basis for the Catholic Church’s understanding of human dignity as inherent, since it ultimately flows from the human person’s creation “in the image and likeness of God” and redemption in Christ.

The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced recently that participants in the National Eucharistic Congress and related National Eucharistic Pilgrimage now have opportunities to receive plenary indulgences.

Whether it was speaking out against injustice, ministering to those on society’s margins or accompanying communities afflicted by geo-political catastrophes, retired Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton traveled great lengths to express his solidarity with people on the periphery of society.

Photos featured this week include Easter celebrations around the world, as well as the “Do Not Be Afraid: March and Vigil for Human Dignity” in Texas and more.

The Vatican press office announced that the Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith’s declaration on human dignity, said to include a faith-based critique of “gender ideologies” and surrogacy, will be released April 8.

Pope Francis was “deeply saddened” to learn of the loss of life and damage caused by the earthquake in Taiwan, and he expressed his closeness to and solidarity with all those affected.