Photos featured this week include a National March for Life in Warsaw, Poland, an immigration conference at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and more.
Carmelite Sister Carmen Teresa from Nicaragua greets Pope Francis during a meeting with superiors and other delegates from Discalced Carmelite monasteries during a meeting at the Vatican April 18, 2024. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, April 14, 2024. (OSV News/Amir Cohen, Reuters)
A file photo shows a priest exchanging the sign of peace during his ordination to the priesthood at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre, N.Y. Personal encouragement and Eucharistic adoration are crucial in fostering vocations to the priesthood, according to data from a report released April 15 by Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz, Long Island Catholic)
Amid plans by the government to liberalize abortion in the country, Poles organized a National March for Life in the capital, Warsaw, April 14, 2024, in which around 50,000 people participated. President of the Polish bishops’ conference, Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda of Gdansk, called April 14 a “day of prayer in defense of conceived life” throughout the country. (OSV News photo/Pawel Kula, courtesy National March for Life)
Martha Cruz Zuniga, a professor of economics at The Catholic University of America, speaks during an immigration conference at the university in Washington April 11, 2024. The conference was hosted by the university and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. (OSV News photo/Patrick Ryan, Catholic University of America)
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