Photos featured this week include Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis leading the Minnesota Senate in prayer, violence in Haiti and prayer service for peace in Ukraine at the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia.
Photos of the week March 15, 2024
As minerals fuel deadly conflicts in Africa, cardinal calls for pastoral approach
As minerals fuel deadly conflicts in Africa, a leading cardinal urged local churches to ensure that Africa’s abundant resources contribute to the benefit of its populations instead of hurting them.
‘Baptism in a day’ in Baltimore welcomes unbaptized children into the faith
The baptism-in-a-day event was designed to be welcoming to families that had not had their children baptized for varying reasons. Twenty children were all baptized as part of the special celebration.
Experts: Historic rise of ‘never-marrieds’ calls church to act on marriage’s ‘three-alarm fire’
A recent study from The Institute for Family Studies reveals that a record number of young adults are predicted to never marry. This is a concern as The Catechism of the Catholic Church notes that marriage is a vocation.
Pope advances sainthood causes, including daughter of US author
Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of U.S. Sister Rose Hawthorne, the daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, and he recognized the martyrdom of a German priest and nun.
Catholic Charities, three other major nonprofits ‘team up’ to counter polarization in US
Four major nonprofits recently launched a joint effort to counteract rising polarization and isolation in the U.S., including Catholic Charities USA, the organization dedicated to carrying out the domestic humanitarian work of the Catholic Church.
Formerly enslaved woman up for sainthood had heart for Denver’s needy despite her meager means
Julia Greeley’s is one of six U.S. Black Catholics being considered for sainthood. She’s been named a “Servant of God,” the title granted to those under consideration for canonization.
Amid government abuse scandal, Hungarian Catholics defend church record on tackling abuse
Prominent Hungarian Catholics have defended their church’s record on tackling sexual crimes by clergy after a top-level government abuse scandal led to the appointment of a new national president of the country.