People in New York City watch the 89th lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Dec. 1, 2021. A Catholic family in the Diocese of Wilmington, Del., donated the 79-foot-tall, 46-foot-wide Norway spruce for this year’s display. It was cut down and removed from the property of Devon and Julie Price in Fair Hill, Md., Nov. 11 and transported to New York City, where it arrived Nov. 13. (CNS photo/Caitlin Ochs, Reuters)Pro-life advocates are seen near the U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 1, 2021, the day justices heard oral arguments in a case about a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of gestation. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)Pope Francis greets a young woman as he visits with refugees at the government-run Reception and Identification Center in Mytilene, Greece, Dec. 5, 2021. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)Jacob Cruz’s Christmas art is seen at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Dec. 3, 2021. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles sixth-grade student’s work was one of two grand prize winners in the annual Christmas artwork contest sponsored by the Missionary Childhood Association, which is one of four Pontifical Mission Societies. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)Emily Shapeero’s Christmas art is seen at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Dec. 3, 2021. The Diocese of Harrisburg, Pa., eighth-grade student’s work was one of two grand prize winners in the annual Christmas artwork contest sponsored by the Missionary Childhood Association, which is one of four Pontifical Mission Societies. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)High school students stand during a prayer vigil at Lake Point Community Church in Oxford, Mich., Nov. 30, 2021. A 15-year-old student opened fire at his high school in Oxford, killing four students and wounding seven others. (CNS photo/Seth Herald, Reuters)Auxiliary Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of St. Paul and Minneapolis greets Cindy Casey, left, Lindsey Belting and Nicole Thayer, all of St. Peter Parish in Forest Lake, Minn., after his Mass of Thanksgiving at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul Nov. 28, 2021. Bishops Cozzens was named to head the Diocese of Crookston, Minn., and will be installed Dec. 6. (CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit)
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