A child holds papal rosaries as Pope Francis leads an audience with seminarians and staff of the Pontifical North American College at the Vatican Jan. 14, 2023. The pope said dialogue, communion and mission are essential to priestly formation. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)Pope Francis leads the final commendation during the funeral Mass for Australian Cardinal George Pell in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Jan. 14, 2023. Cardinal Pell, former prefect of the Vatican’s Secretariat for the Economy, died Jan. 10 in Rome at the age of 81. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)Cordel Tyus and Devo McGraw sit on roofing from an industrial building in front of their home in Selma, Ala., Jan.12, 2023, after a tornado ripped through the area the previous day. A giant, swirling storm system billowing across the South Jan. 11, killed at least six people in central Alabama, the Associated Press reported. (OSV News photo/Mickey Welsh, USA Today Network via visa Reuters)This is a view of flooding from the rainstorm-swollen Sacramento and American rivers near downtown Sacramento, Calif., Jan. 11, 2023. Catholic agencies were responding to the needs of those displaced by the historic flooding caused by relentless rain battering California up and down the coast. (OSV News photo/Fred Greaves, Reuters)Pope Francis baptizes one of 13 babies during a Mass celebrating the feast of the Baptism of the Lord in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican Jan. 8, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)Chinwe Nwabueze, and Adanma Osuji of the Nigerian Apostolate lead the singing at the conclusion of the Migration Mass at St. Mary Cathedral on the feast of the Epiphany, Jan. 8, 2023. Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski celebrates the annual Mass, welcoming members of the various national and ethnic apostolates in the archdiocese. (OSV News photo/Ana Rodriguez-Soto, Florida Catholic)Security forces operate as supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro demonstrate against Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the Planalto Palace in Brasilia Jan. 8, 2023. Catholic leaders in Brazil condemn attacks on the country’s Congress, Supreme Court and Presidential Palace. (OSV News photo/Ueslei Marcelino, Reuters)People dressed in puppet costumes walk through the streets during a procession marking the Three Kings Day in the Harlem section of New York City Jan. 6, 2023. The day marks Epiphany, also known as the 12th and final day of Christmas. (OSV News/David Dee Delgado, Reuters)Bishop Bryan J. Bayda of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Toronto and Eastern Canada leads the rite of the Great Blessing of Water overlooking the St. Lawrence River in Montreal for the feast of Theophany on Jan. 5, 2023. (OSV News photo/Jean-Nicolas Desjeunes, courtesy CNEWA)
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