A bakery in Lisbon, Portugal, sells, during the days of World Youth Day, original cookies with the image of Pope Francis.

Pope Francis with about 250 children of Vatican employees attending a summer program from July 3 to August 4. The Pope met with them in the Vatican's Paul VI audience hall on July 18, 2023.

Priest John Molyneux, speaks at the beginning of the blessing ceremony of the interior of the historic St. Gabriel the Archangel Mission, which was nearly destroyed in an arson attack in July 2020.

The image of San Fermin walks the streets of Pamplona in its traditional procession on July 7. The festival in honor of the Navarrese saint is one of the best known in the world.

After ten days of hospitalization for abdominal surgery, Pope Francis leaves the Gemelli Polyclinic. At the exit, dozens of people were able to greet him and wish him a speedy recovery.

A pilgrim walks on her knees while praying the Rosary in Fatima, Portugal. Some 4 million people flock to this Marian shrine each year.

The Marian Library of the University of Dayton in Ohio keeps some curious albums with old Marian prints and newspaper clippings.

"As a pilgrim and friend I come to Hungary, a country rich in history and culture; from Budapest, city of bridges and saints, I think of all Europe and pray that, united and in solidarity, it may also be today a house of peace and a prophecy of welcome."

Members of the Vatican Swiss Guard arrive in formation in St. Peter's Square for Easter morning Mass.

The processions return this Holy Week to the streets of cities and towns like this Palm Sunday in Antigua (Guatemala).

Pope Francis will return to Hungary at the end of April 2023 on a three-day apostolic journey whose highlight will be Holy Mass in front of the Hungarian Parliament building.

Like millions of Catholics, a child prays during Ash Wednesday Mass on Feb. 22, 2023, at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Church in Indianapolis.

Rescue workers carry Zeynep Atesogullari out of a building destroyed in Diyarbakir by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck parts of Turkey and Syria on February 6, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing thousands of people.

Sudanese women walk to Juba, the capital of Sudan to see the Pope in the "Walking for Peace" pilgrimage led by Catholic Bishop Christian Carlassare of Rumbek, Anglican Bishop Alapayo Manyang Kuctiel of Rumbek and Rin Tueny, governor of Lakes State.

Children drive their donkey in the traditional blessing of Italian farm animals and military horses outside St. Peter's Square on January 17, 2023.

George Pell, the Australian cardinal who was unjustly accused of abuse and imprisoned for more than a year, has died at the age of 81. In the photo, Cardinal Pell during the opening mass of the WYD in Sydney in 2008.

The world is praying these days for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI whose health has weakened in recent hours. In the photo, Benedict XVI waves to the crowd at the end of an audience in St. Peter's Square in February 2017.

Ukrainian soldiers celebrate their Christmas dinner at an unspecified location in Ukraine. The photo was released by the press service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on December 25, 2022.

Pope Francis receives a cake for his 86th birthday during an audience with children and volunteers at the Vatican's Santa Marta Dispensary on Dec. 18, 2022.

The Nativity scene and the Christmas tree decorating St. Peter's Square once they are illuminated after the blessing.

Carols such as "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" fill St. Malachy's Church in New York during one of the many Advent concerts held in the American capital.

The beginning of the liturgical season of Advent brings with it the recovery of customs such as the Advent wreath in which candles are lit every Sunday until Christmas Day.

Ukrainian Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv-Halych visited Pope Benedict XVI on November 9, 2022.

Pope Francis greets Sheikh Ahmad el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar Mosque and University, at the Sakhir Palace in Awali. Bahrain, November 4, 2022.

In the Lublin cemetery, as in many other cemeteries in Poland, the graves are illuminated with candles every October 31, the day before All Saints' Day, to remember and pray for the deceased.

A priest sprinkles holy water on dogs during a pet blessing in Manila, Philippines, Oct. 2, 2022 on the occasion of World Animal Day celebrated on Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi.

The Pope plays with a child at the opening festival of the World Meeting of Families in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on June 22, 2022. The festival of families opens the 5 days of the meeting.

The U.S. Supreme Court offices in Washington on May 2, 2022, are looking lit up, following the leak of a draft majority opinion preparing the court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision later this year.