Debris surrounds a destroyed home in Mayfield, Ky., Dec. 11, 2021, after a devastating tornado ripped through the town. More than 30 tornadoes were reported across six states late Dec. 10, and early Dec. 11, killing dozens of people and leaving a trail of devastation. (CNS photo/Cheney Orr, Reuters)Pope Francis greets a child during an audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 10, 2021, with delegations from Italy and Peru who donated the Christmas tree and Nativity scene displayed in St. Peter’s Square. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, leads a liturgy for the consecration of Our Lady of Arabia Cathedral in Awali, Bahrain, Dec. 10, 2021. It is the newest and largest cathedral in the Gulf region. (CNS photo/Reuters)Former U.S. Rep. Robert Dold of Illinois, his wife, Danielle, and former U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder of Kansas and his family pay their respects as the body of former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, who died Dec. 5, 2021, lies in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington Dec. 9. (CNS photo/Ken Cedeno, pool via Reuters)Statues of Joseph and Mary are pictured in the Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square during a preview for journalists at the Vatican Dec. 9, 2021. The Nativity is from Peru’s Huancavelica region and will be unveiled to the public Dec. 10 during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony. (CNS photo/Junno Arocho Esteves)New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan stamps a wax seal on an archival box containing documents during a Mass marking the conclusion of the Archdiocese of New York’s investigation of Dorothy Day’s candidacy for sainthood Dec. 8, 2021, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. Looking on are Father Brian A. Graebe, episcopal delegate for the canonization cause; Waldery Hilgeman, the Roman postulator for the cause; and Emanuele Spedicator, an associate of Hilgeman. The documents, which detail Day’s holy and heroic virtues, will be reviewed by the Vatican Congregation for Saints’ Causes. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)Firefighters hold a wreath as they pray before placing the wreath on a Marian statue overlooking the Spanish Steps in Rome Dec. 8, 2021, the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Pope Francis prayed at the statue before daybreak, continuing the papal tradition of visiting the Spanish Steps on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)St. Cloud Bishop Donald Kettler, left, talks with Archbishop Bernard Hebda of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, center, and Bishop Andrew Cozzens, right, who was installed as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Crookston Dec. 6 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Crookston. (Dave Hrbacek / The Catholic Spirit)Mount Semeru volcano spews smoke and ash as seen from Gunung Sawur, Indonesia, Dec. 6, 2021. In a Dec. 7 telegram, Pope Francis said he was saddened by the loss of life and destruction by the volcano. At least 15 people died, nearly 100 were injured and dozens remained missing after the Dec. 4 eruption. (CNS photo/Willy Kurniawan, Reuters)
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