An Oct. 1 rally was the first major Catholic demonstration in Southern California since the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade in June, and part of an urgent push by California’s bishops to mobilize Catholics, who make up the state’s biggest religious denomination, to oppose Proposition 1. By Natalie Romano, Angelus News
Pilgrims take part in the annual Cirio de Nazaré procession in Belem, Brazil, Oct. 9, 2022. More than a million pilgrims take part in the procession, which takes place on the second Sunday of October and honors Our Lady of Nazareth. (CNS photo/Raimundo Pacco, Reuters)