Photos featured this week include French Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, formally taking possession of his titular church, the Church of St. Benedict Outside St. Paul’s Gate, Day of the Dead celebrations in Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico and more.
Followers of La Santa Muerte, or St. Death, participate in a procession during Day of the Dead celebrations in Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico, Nov. 2, 2023. Mexico’s bishops April 24, 2024, blasted the use of the folkloric Santa Muerte by the country’s ruling party in political advertising ahead of presidential and local elections. (OSV News photo/Raquel Cunha, Reuters)
Pope Francis kisses the encolpion of Bishop Ábel Szocska of Hungarian Catholic Eparchy of Nyíregyháza during a meeting with Hungarian pilgrims in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican April 25, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Christians attend a Sunday service at a church in Chibok, Nigeria, April 7, 2024. Nigerian soldiers fired upon students who were protesting the relentless attacks on Christian villages in Nigeria April 18 and 19, according to the British nongovernmental organization Release International. (OSV News photo/Temilade Adelaja, Reuters)
People are pictured in a file photo taking part in a celebration outside the Cathedral of the Assumption in Leon, Nicaragua. The cathedral, built between 1747 and the early 19th century, is on the World Heritage List maintained by UNESCO, the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization. (OSV News photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)
Bishop Oscar A. Solis of Salt Lake City and clergy from the diocese celebrate the Liturgy of the Eucharist during Mass July 9, 2023, at the Mountain America Expo Center in Sandy, Utah. An estimated 10,000 people from throughout Utah attended the Eucharistic Rally and Mass, which was the culmination of the diocese’s “Year of Diocesan Revival.” (OSV news photo/Sam Lucero)
Sister Francis Dominici Piscatella, a member of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, N.Y., poses with her great-great nephews and nieces on her 111th birthday during a family gathering at her residence in East Williston, N.Y., April 20, 2024. Sister Francis is the oldest nun in the U.S. and third oldest in the world. She shares an apartment with another Dominican religious, Sister Francis Daniel Kammer, with whom she attends Mass at least once a week at their parish, St. Aidan Church in Williston Park, N.Y. (OSV News photo/courtesy the Piscatella family)
Ana de León, del pueblo Maya Ixil y sobreviviente del conflicto armado interno, reacciona mientras participa con en un ritual, en las afueras de la Corte Suprema antes de una audiencia en el juicio por genocidio Maya Ixil, en Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, 25 de marzo de 2024. (Foto OSV News/Cristina Chiquin, Reuters)
Pope Francis greets pilgrims from the dioceses of Cesena-Sarsina, Tivoli, Savona and Imola, Italy, on 200th anniversary of the death of Pope Pius VII, a prisoner of Napoleon, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican April 20, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
French Cardinal Christophe Pierre, apostolic nuncio to the United States, sprinkles holy water before celebrating Mass in Rome April 21, 2024, to formally take possession of his titular church, the Church of St. Benedict Outside St. Paul’s Gate. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
Author: Dianne Towalski
Dianne Towalski is a multimedia reporter for The Central Minnesota Catholic Magazine.
