More than 7,000 people gathered in London for the March for Life on September 2, 2023. The slogan of this march was "Freedom to Live".

Members of the honor guard parade after the arrival of Pope Francis at Chinggis Khaan International Airport in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Sept. 1, 2023.

A girl prays after releasing a paper lantern into the Motoyasu River in front of the destroyed Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima. The dropping of the atomic bomb on this city that has become a symbol of nuclear disarmament is commemorated every August 6.

The Opening Mass of the World Youth Day gathered hundreds of thousands of young people in Lisbon. This is the 38th edition of this meeting of young Catholics.

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.