Photos featured this week include a conference about Pope Francis’ document on the climate crisis “Laudate Deum,” the opening of the synod in Rome and new Cardinal Christophe Pierre, nuncio to the United States.
Benoit Halgand, co-founder of the French group, For an Ecological Awakening, speaks at a conference about Pope Francis’ document on the climate crisis “Laudate Deum” (“Praise God”) in the Vatican Gardens Oct. 5, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Servers lead a procession into the Vatican’s Paul VI Audience Hall at the start of prayer during the first working session of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops Oct. 4, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Pope Francis speaks at the assembly of the Synod of Bishops in the Vatican’s Paul VI Audience Hall during the first working session of the assembly Oct. 4, 2023. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
Cardinals and bishops process to the altar to concelebrate with Pope Francis the opening Mass of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 4, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Jennifer Bradac, a parishioner of All Saints Parish in Minneapolis, venerates a relic of St. Jude with her granddaughter Ellie, right, and son Benjamin Sept. 29, 2023, at St. Joseph Parish in West St. Paul, Minn. (OSV News photo/Maria Wiering)
Pro-life advocates hold signs as they participate in the 26th annual Stand Up for Life roadside rally in Huntington Station, N.Y., on Respect Life Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. The event is sponsored by the Long Island Coalition for Life. October is Respect Life month. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)
Washington Auxiliary Bishop Juan R. Esposito delivers the homily during the annual Red Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington Oct. 1, 2023. The Mass traditionally marks the start of the court year and among those in attendance were members of the U.S. Supreme Court, including Chief Justice of the United States John G. Roberts Jr., Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, and retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. (OSV News photo/Elizabeth Frantz, Reuters)
A priest distributes Communion during an Mass at Gougane Barra in the Shehy Mountains of County Cork, Ireland, Oct. 1, 2023, to celebrate the feast of St. Finbarr, the patron saint of Cork and Ross. (OSV News photo/Cillian Kelly)
Pope Francis and other Christian leaders give their blessing at the end of an ecumenical prayer vigil in St. Peter’s Square Sept. 30, 2023, ahead of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops. From the left are the Rev. Ann Burghardt, general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation, and Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury. To the right of the pope are Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
Pope Francis places a red biretta on the head of new Cardinal Christophe Pierre, nuncio to the United States, during a consistory for the creation of 21 new cardinals in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sept. 30, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
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