From baking sweet breads to blessing baskets, Holy Week is full of long-standing traditions that transcend cultures and continents. The following list includes a quick overview of family favorites.

The Catholic health conference, four years in the making, was cosponsored by the Catholic Climate Covenant, the Jesuits’ USA Central and Southern Province, the Loyola Institute for Ministry and Rise St. James Louisiana, a community watchdog group that advocates for environmental justice in towns along the Mississippi River teeming with petrochemical facilities.

Moviegoers may want to take a break from their cellphones after seeing the intriguing thriller “Drop” (Universal). That’s because the technology involved in sending the titular type of message — as well as the ubiquity of the devices themselves — has the film’s protagonist in a quandary.

A second Trump administration could present both challenges and opportunities for issue areas related to Catholic social teaching, bishops and policymakers said at the Napa Institute Citizens of Faith Conference on April 9.

In a split ruling, a federal judge in Illinois permanently blocked a provision of the state’s 2016 Health Care Right of Conscience Act, which attorneys representing pro-life doctors and the state’s 100 pregnancy resource centers said would compel their clients “to promote pro-abortion talking points with women in need.”