Musicians in traditional attire wait to greet Pope Francis before a meeting with bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons, seminarians and pastoral workers at the cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Sept. 15, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)Pope Francis blesses a boy as he celebrates Mass at the Expo grounds in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, Sept. 14, 2022. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)A man carries a Ukrainian flag during a procession in celebration of the special day of prayer for Ukraine in Shargorod, Ukraine, Sept. 14, 2022, the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. (CNS photo/Vyacheslav Sokolovy)Men who were displaced by flooding bathe amid floodwaters in Sehwan, Pakistan, Sept.13, 2022. As of Sept. 15, Pakistan’s disaster management office reported more than 1,500 people dead since half the country became submerged starting in June. (CNS photo/Akhtar Soomro, Reuters)Archbishop John C. Wester of Santa Fe, N.M., offers a reflection on the urgent need for nuclear disarmament during a prayer service for United Nations diplomats at the Church of the Holy Family in New York City Sept. 12, 2022. The service, hosted by the Vatican’s permanent observer mission to the U.N., was held on the eve of the opening of the 77th session of the U.N. General Assembly. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)Pope Francis greets guests during an audience in the Vatican audience hall with members of Confindustria, the General Confederation of Italian Industry, and members of their families, Sept. 12, 2022. (CNS photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters)An aerial view shows plumes of smoke rising over burning vegetation during a wildfire in Battleship Mountain, British Columbia, Sept. 10, 2022. There are 193 active wildfires currently burning in British Columbia, including the Flood Falls fire in the south of the province and Battleship Mountain blaze in the northeast. About 1,000 people have been forced to leave their homes. (CNS photo/BC Wildfire Service via Reuters)
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