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.

Women sing during a mass in the protected civilian area of the United Nations base in Malakal, South Sudan.

The Pope talks with one of the children admitted to the pediatric hospital of Santa Marta with whom he met on December 19.

Phillip and Nicholas prepare an Advent wreath in New York. In the reading for the Third Sunday of Advent, December 12, 2021, it says, "Do not be anxious at all, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."

A Congolese woman carries her child and some belongings to the border post in western Uganda. For weeks now, armed men have taken over villages near the border, displacing many Congolese into the neighboring country.

A group of cyclists rest after arriving in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on October 21, 2021, after traveling from Pisa, Italy. The group has followed the Via Francigena pilgrimage route, arriving in Rome as their final destination.

Two women on horseback participate in the traditional military parade on the occasion of the bicentennial of Mexico's Independence Day in Mexico City's Zocalo square on September 16, 2021.

One of the snapshots from the trip to Slovakia: Pope Francis speaks during a meeting with the Roma community in the Luník IX neighborhood in Košice, September 14, 2021.

Fesemyer, a member of the U.S. track and field team at the Tokyo Paralympics, says he owes much of his success to the support he received during his years at St. John's Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois; and he is an example of Christian steadfastness and fullness of life.

The death of King St. Stephen in 1038 was followed by a period of instability, which made it advisable to transfer his remains to a safe place. At that time his right hand, which had remained incorrupt, was separated from the body. Today the relic of the "Holy Right Hand" is venerated in this reliquary in St. Stephen's Cathedral in the Hungarian capital.

Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite Patriarch, celebrates Mass on the first anniversary of the explosion in the port of Beirut on August 4. The explosion killed more than 200 people, injured more than 6,000 and displaced more than 300,000.

A replica of the Christ of the Abyss can be seen in the lake at Key Largo John Pennekamp State Park in Florida. The original is located on the Italian Riviera, where diver Dario Gonzatti lost his life diving in 1947.