It’s customary for children to dress up as their favorite saints, to discuss the exemplary lives of the saints, and to remind children of the call to sainthood.

For Henkel, Saints of the Valley is a creative way to teach children about these saints, but it’s also a celebration of the vibrancy of the local Catholic community.

Pope Leo XIV will canonize Blessed Carlo Acutis on Sept. 7. A gamer and computer coder who loved the Eucharist, Acutis will be the first millennial Catholic saint.

Mexico City's celebration of St. Jude mixes the holy and the profane. Over the years, the Catholic saint for impossible causes has also become the people's saint.