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Sts. Cyril and Methodius are depicted before Pope Adrian II to ask his blessing to use the Slavic language in their missionary work. Brothers born in Greece, the ninth-century missionaries formed the alphabet now known as Cyrillic. They are patrons of Europe. Their feast is Feb. 14. (CNS photo from Crosiers) (Jan. 31, 2000)
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A pilgrim carries a illuminated cross as he leads the traditional candlelit procession on Our Lady of Lourdes feast Feb. 11, 2024, in the shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France. Even though a pilgrimage peak was some months away, the shrine celebrated its wintery feast day in 2025 with a number of pilgrims who flocked to the mountain-based French holy site on the Feb. 11 anniversary of the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin to St. Bernadette Soubirous in 1858. (OSV News photo/courtesy Lourdes
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Attendees gather at the AI Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris Feb. 10, 2025. The summit aimed to establish scientific foundations, solutions, and standards for a more sustainable AI that drives progress, environmental protection and the public interest. (CNS photo/courtesy of France Diplomatie - MEAE)
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Pope Francis greets a married couple and their children at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Aug. 30, 2023. In 2025, National Marriage Week USA is celebrated Feb. 7-14 and World Marriage Day, which is commemorated on the second Sunday of February, is celebrated Feb. 9. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
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Worshippers pray during a weekly Sunday Mass at St. Martha Church in Uniondale, N.Y., Aug. 15, 2021. In-person Sunday Mass attendance in the U.S. is back to 2019 pre-pandemic levels of 24%, according to data from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz, CNS)
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Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce (87) speaks to the media after being presented with the Lamar Hunt Trophy after the AFC Championship game against the Buffalo Bills at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium Jan. 26. (OSV News photo/Eric Hartline-Imagn Images and Denny Medley-Imagn Images)
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A bride and groom pose for a photo outside St. Paul the Apostle Church in New York City following their wedding in 2022. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
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David Faber, superintendent of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Grand Rapids, Mich., is a recipient of one of the National Catholic Educational Association's President's Awards -- the Dr. Karen M. Ristau Innovations Award, recognizing an individual, school or program that has advanced the mission of Catholic education through an innovative program or approach. Faber is pictured in an undated photo. (OSV News photo/courtesy NCEA)
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A file photo shows some of the more than 100 couples renew their wedding vows on World Marriage Day during a 2014 Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles. World Marriage Day is observed Feb. 9. (OSV News file photo/Victor Aleman, Via Nueva)
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Pope Francis sits alongside Queen Rania of Jordan, left, and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore during the world leaders’ summit on children’s rights at the Vatican Feb. 3, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
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Emergency personnel and divers work Jan. 30, 2025, in a search-and-rescue mission on the Potomac River in Washington after American Eagle flight 5342 collided with a Black Hawk Army helicopter late Jan. 29 while on approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport for landing and crashed into the river. Sixty passengers and four crew members were aboard the jet, and three soldiers were on the helicopter. (OSV News photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters)
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Dancers wearing lion costumes perform during a midnight Lunar New Year celebration in the Manhattan borough of New York City’s Chinatown Jan. 28, 2025, marking the Year of the Snake. (OSV News photo/Adam Gray, Reuters)
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Cardinal Grzegorz Rys of Lodz, Poland, Archbishop Guido Filipazzi, who is apostolic nuncio to Poland, and Bishop Roman Pindel of Bielsko-Zywiec, Poland, recite a prayer in the name of Catholics during a Jan. 27, 2025, ceremony commemorating 80 years since the liberation of German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim, Poland. (OSV News/courtesy Diocese of Bielsko-Zywiec)
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Chieko Noguchi, executive director of public affairs for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, greets Pope Francis during a meeting with the presidents of bishops' communications committees and the directors of communications for bishops' conferences during a meeting at the Vatican Jan. 27, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
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A priest offering the sacrament of reconciliation listens to a young woman at SEEK25 in Salt Lake City Jan. 3, 2025. Each year the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, known as FOCUS, holds the annual SEEK conference to bring together thousands of its campus missionaries and college students from across the nation. For 2025, it was held Jan. 1-5 in Salt Lake City and Jan. 2-5 in Washington. (OSV News photo/courtesy FOCUS)
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Craig and Laura Schlattmann from Tacoma, Washington, smile at each other as they pose for a photo in Rome Jan. 23, 2025. The Schlattmanns are volunteers assisting with Holy Year 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
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Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, who is president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, delivers a homily to fellow bishops attending the opening Mass of the USCCB's fall plenary assembly Nov. 11, 2024, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. (OSV News photo file/Kevin J. Parks, Catholic Review)
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Pope Francis speaks to Orthodox, Catholic and Lutheran leaders in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Jan. 20, 2025, during their annual pilgrimage to Rome. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
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Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory receives offertory gifts from a young woman during a Mass Jan. 19, 2025, celebrated at Holy Family Church in Hillcrest Heights, Md., to commemorate the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. At right is Washington Auxiliary Bishop Roy E. Campbell Jr., one of the concelebrants at the Mass. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday observed on the third Monday of January each year, was Jan. 20. (OSV News photo/Mihoko Owada, Catholic Standard)
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Released Israeli hostage Doron Steinbrecher embraces loved ones at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan, Israel, Jan. 19, 2025, after being held in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas, in this handout image obtained by Reuters. (OSV News photo/Maayan Toaf/GPO/Handout via Reuters)
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Pope Francis poses for a photo with Argentine priests living in Rome during a meeting at the Vatican Jan. 16, 2025. Earlier in the day, the pope fell and hurt his right arm; while nothing was broken, he is wearing a sling as a "precautionary measure," the Vatican said. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
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