Photos featured this week include a Christmas tree in front of St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, the Vatican Christmas tree and the 91st lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in New York City.
Lanao Del Sur Governor Mamintal Adiong Jr. looks on as law enforcement officers investigate the scene of an explosion that occurred during a Catholic Mass in a gymnasium at Mindanao State University in Marawi, Philippines, Dec. 3, 2023. (OSV News photo/Lanao Del Sur Provincial Government via Reuters)
A Palestinian prisoner hugs his mother in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Dec. 1, 2023, after being released amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel. (OSV News photo/Ammar Awad, Reuters)
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, who heads the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services and is president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, prepares to seal and bless the Holy Door at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Dec. 3, 2023, the first Sunday of Advent. (OSV News photo/Alex Cranstoun, courtesy Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception)
Soldiers walk near a Christmas tree in front of St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec. 6, 2023, amid the Russian invasion. (OSV News photo/Thomas Peter, Reuters)
Vatican workers use a crane to hoist a Christmas tree into place in Peter’s Square at the Vatican early Nov. 23, 2023. The 90-foot-tall tree from the Maira Valley near Turin, Italy, will be lighted Dec. 9. After Christmas the wood will be made into toys and donated to Caritas. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza)
People watch the 91st lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree in New York City Nov. 29, 2023. (OSV News photo/Eduardo Munoz, Reuters)
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