Photos of the Week: Aug. 29, 2022

Pope Francis, background, prays at the tomb of St. Celestine V, a 13th-century pope who resigned, at the Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio in L’Aquila, Italy, Aug. 28, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Francis leads a consistory for the creation of 20 new cardinals in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Aug. 27, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Pope Francis greets retired Pope Benedict XVI at the Mater Ecclesiae monastery after a consistory for the creation of 20 new cardinals in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Aug. 27, 2022. Looking on is Archbishop Georg Ganswein, the retired pope’s private secretary. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Family members of U.S. Marine Sgt. Nicole Gee stand by during a public wreath-laying ceremony for Gee and a fellow Marine in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Aug. 26, 2022, marking the first anniversary of the deaths of Gee and 12 other U.S. service members in Kabul, Afghanistan. The U.S. service members and dozens of civilians were killed by a suicide bomber amid the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. (CNS photo/Julio Cesar Chavez, Reuters)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and and first lady Olena Zelenska lay flowers at the Memory Wall of Fallen Defenders of Ukraine, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, marking Independence Day in Kyiv Aug. 24, 2022. (CNS photo/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service handout via Reuters)

Author: Catholic News Service

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