EditorialCongregations participate in the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico - 12 Aug 2023
EditorialChurch members during a morning service at St. Vladimir?s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Scranton, Pa., on Jan. 15, 2023. (Natalie Keyssar/The New York Times)
EditorialParishioners of Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church participate in a Good Friday procession under the elevated subway tracks in the Corona neighborhood of Queens on April 15, 2022. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialParishioners during Mass at St. Paul Catholic Church with the Pietà statue in the background, in Chicago, on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022. (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)
EditorialParishioners celebrate the visit of a copy of a revered Polish icon, the Black Madonna of Czestochowa, in Piaski, Poland, on Sept. 19, 2022. (Maciek Nabrdalik/The New York Times)
EditorialRev. Canon Jean-Baptiste, center, sprinkles holy water on parishioners at St. Joseph Shrine during a Latin Mass, which it now celebrates three times on Sunday mornings and twice on most weekdays, in Detroit, Oct. 2, 2022. (Nick Hagen/The New York Times)
EditorialParishioners pray during a worship service at Leaders of Tomorrow International Ministries church, in Brooklyn, on Sunday, July 31, 2022. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)