Nation/World

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

While those who support euthanasia and medically assisted suicide emphasize empowerment and control, Catholic opponents argue an undeniably dangerous and dystopian dimension has begun to emerge in the sometimes profit-driven realms of health care insurance and medicine.

Photos featured this week include things happening in our diocese, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, as well as around the world.