Nation/World

A group of 24 modern apostles visited both the work and living sites of some of the Mexican-born agricultural workers who grow and harvest the fruit and vegetables that Washington state ships around the world.

Following his usual practice of speaking about a trip, Pope Francis explains why he traveled close to 6,000 miles to Mongolia to visit a Catholic community of only 1,450 people.

Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis show their commitment to providing an excellent education and are working to secure accreditation for their schools.

When Józef and Wiktoria Ulma are beatified with their children Sept. 10, eight decades after they were shot by Nazis for sheltering Jews in their farmhouse near the village of Markowa in southeastern Poland, it will be a graphic reminder of the heroism shown by many Catholic Poles during the Holocaust.

Photos featured this week include a Ukrainian Independence Day celebration in Philadelphia, Mass aboard Pilot Boat New York in Newark Bay, Pope Francis traveling to Mongolia and former Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick. 

The “distressing decline” in marriage rates, high rates of divorce, an “alarming” number of invalid marriages, and a “culture of materialism and careerism” are the reasons a marriage catechumenate is particularly needed in the US.

While some recognized Eucharistic miracles involve circumstances as multiplication, others involve the Eucharistic host taking on characteristics of blood or flesh. Within the last 10 years, three such miracles — two in Poland and one in Mexico — have been recognized by bishops overseeing the dioceses where they occurred.

We Americans have made noteworthy progress in the areas of social justice. People of Color have since attained positions of authority unimagined in 1963. Still too many Americans, however, await the realization of the dream referenced in Dr. King’s speech.