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Pope Francis is greeted by a group of homeless people and religious Sept. 26, 2024, as he departs the Vatican for his apostolic trip to Luxembourg and Belgium. To a surprise of the pontiff, one of the homeless men had a dog with him, which made the pope laugh as he played with the animal. (OSV News photo/courtesy Dicastery for the Service of Charity) Editors: best quality available.
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Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, walks through the ruins of buildings in Gaza City. He visited northern Gaza Strip May 16-19, 2024, during Pentecost. In a letter to the faithful Sept. 26, Cardinal Pizzaballa called for a day of prayer and penance on the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas and the start of the Israel-Hamas war. (OSV News photo/courtesy Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem)
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Sister Mary Lisa Renfer, who is also a physician, is seen in an undated photo interacting with a medically uninsured patient at St. Mary's Legacy Clinic in Crossville, Tenn. Sister Mary Lisa, a Religious Sister of Mercy of Alma, Mich., is the recipient of Catholic Extension Society's 2024-2025 Lumen Christi Award. The annual award, announced Sept. 20, 2024, is Extension's highest honor given "to people who radiate and reveal the light of Christ present in the communities where they serve." (OSV News photo/c
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Pope Francis meets with members of Italy's Guardia di Finanza, the financial police, in the Clementine Hall of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Sept. 21, 2024, the feast of St. Matthew, patron of the force. (CNS photos/Vatican Media)
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Father David Kennedy, pastor of Resurrection Parish in Dawson Springs, Ky., leads the full church in applauding Decon Mike Marsili for his leadership amid the church's recovery and rebuilding, during the dedication Mass Aug. 17, 2024. The original church building was destroyed by a historic tornado on Dec. 10, 2021. (OSV News photo/Riley Greif, The Western Kentucky Catholic)
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Father Moisés Lira Serafin, founder of the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity of Mary Immaculate, is pictured in an undated photo. He was beatified Sept. 14, 2024, in a ceremony at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in his native Mexico. (OSV News photo/Blessed Moisés Lira Serafín Apostle of Goodness, www.moisesliraserafin.com)
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High school students Richard Rappold of Conway, Ark., Yajaira Trenado of Searcy and Ashley Wagner of Jacksonville look at their phones during breakfast before a Youth Advisory Council meeting at St. John Center in Little Rock Aug. 18, 2024. (OSV News photo/Katie Zakrzewski, Arkansas Catholic)
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Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks at a news conference at the Vatican Sept. 19, 2024, on the dicastery's approval of pilgrimages and other spiritual practices related to the alleged Marian apparitions in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina. (CNS photo/Justin McLellan)
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Holy Cross Father Robert A. Dowd acknowledges applause from concelebrants after the Mass celebrating his inauguration as the University of Notre Dame's 18th president in Notre Dame, Ind., on Sept. 13, 2024. (OSV News photo/Matt Cashore, University of Notre Dame)
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This 17th-century oil on canvas painting by Bernardo Strozzi titled "Saint Francis in Prayer" is part of the "Heavenly Earth: Images of Saint Francis at La Verna" exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. (CNS photo/courtesy National Gallery of Art)
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Young participants in the Sept. 17-21 Med24 meeting watch a video message by Pope Francis in Tirana, Albania, in this undated photo. (CNS photo/courtesy Archdiocese of Tirana-Durres)
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U.S. Abbot Gregory Polan, abbot primate of the Benedictine Confederation, center, poses for a photo Sept. 9, 2024, with members of the Benedictine Congress of Abbots. Abbot Jeremias Schröder of St. Ottilien Archabbey in Eresing, Germany, left of Abbot Polan, was elected the new abbot primate Sept. 14, 2024, at Sant'Anselmo Abbey in Rome. (CNS photo/Courtesy Benedictine Confederation)
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The Friars' Table, a monastic-themed restaurant opening this winter, is a new initiative from Cleveland Capuchin Ministries. (OSV News/image courtesy of Cleveland Capuchin Ministries)
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Pope Francis greets visitors gathered in St. Peter's Square to pray the Angelus at the Vatican Sept. 15, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
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A visitor stands near a statue of Mary at Our Lady of Holy Cross Shrine at Holy Cross College in Notre Dame, Ind., after its dedication Sept. 4, 2024. (OSV News photo/Evan Cobb, courtesy Holy Cross College)
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Musician Jon Bon Jovi gestures onstage during the MusiCares Person of the Year Gala in Los Angeles Feb. 2, 2024. (OSV News photo/Mario Anzuoni, Reuters)
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Pope Francis waves to young people gathered for a meeting on interreligious dialogue at the Catholic Junior College in Singapore Sept. 13, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
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James Earl Jones is pictured at the 71st Tony Awards in New York City, where he received a lifetime achievement award June 11, 2017. The actor, a Catholic with a storied career that included voicing the character Darth Vader, died the morning of Sept. 9, 2024. (OSV News photo/Carlo Allegri, Reuters)
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Thousands of faithful participate in the opening Mass of the International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador, Sept. 8, 2024. (OSV News photo/courtesy International Eucharistic Congress)
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Pope Francis greets a child in traditional dress during a welcome ceremony at the presidential palace in Dili, Timor-Leste, Sept. 9, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
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A young woman becomes emotional as she attends a vigil at Jug Tavern Park in Winder, Ga., Sept. 4, 2024, following a shooting that day at Apalachee High School in Winder. A 14-year-old student opened fire at the school killing at least two teachers and two students, authorities said. (OSV News photo/Elijah Nouvelage, Reuters)
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A woman prays during a Eucharistic procession through the Manhattan borough of New York City to St. Patrick's Cathedral for a Pentecost Vigil May 27, 2023. The Charismatic Renewal event in Spanish attracted close to 2,700 people. (OSV News photo/Jeffrey Bruno)
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Father Roger Landry speaks with reporter Emily Drooby of NET TV, of the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y., prior to a prayer service for U.N. diplomats Sept. 14, 2020, at Holy Family Church in New York City. The Pontifical Mission Societies USA announced Sept. 5, 2024, that Father Landry has been named its new national director, effective in January. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz, CNS Archive)
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