Father Franco Mella, a missionary with the Pontifical Institute of Foreign Missions, washes his face as he begins his hunger strike outside Shek Pik Prison in Hong Kong July 14, 2022. Father Mella is calling for the freedom of all political prisoners. The Milan-born priest, who is a longtime rights activist in the Chinese-ruled city, vowed to refuse food as he stood on a dam wall overlooking the prison on an isolated stretch of Hong Kong’s Lantau Island. (CNS photo/Lam Yik, Reuters)People in Jerusalem’s Old City walk by the U.S. and Israeli national flags projected on a wall July 13, 2022. (CNS photo/Ammar Awad, Reuters)A full moon known as the “Buck Moon” rises over the New York City skyline July 13, 2022. (CNS photo/Jeenah Moon, Reuters)Patti Ann McDonald, widow of New York Police Department Detective Steven McDonald, kisses their son, NYPD Lt. Conor McDonald, during a memorial Mass for McDonald in New York Cityís Central Park July 12, 2022. The service was held near the spot where the police officer was shot and paralyzed in the line of duty on July 12, 1986. McDonald, who forgave his teenage assailant, spent the rest of his life spreading the message of love, peace and reconciliation. He continued to serve in the NYPD until his death in 2017 at age 59. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)The first full-color image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a revolutionary apparatus designed to peer through the cosmos to the dawn of the universe, shows the galaxy cluster SMACS 0723. Known as Webb’s First Deep Field, the cluster is seen in a composite made from images at different wavelengths taken with a near-infrared camera and released July 11, 2022. (CNS photo/NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team, Handout via Reuters)Tourists ride on horse-drawn carriages outside the cathedral in Seville, Spain, during a heatwave July 11, 2022. Spain’s State Meteorological Agency said southern cities such as Seville and Cordoba could reach more than 107 degrees Fahrenheit. (CNS photo/Jon Nazca, Reuters)
Author: Catholic News Service
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