A Swiss Guard observes the floral decoration prepared for Easter Sunday 2024 in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

From March 10-18, the U.S. bishops invite parents in the process of adoption to pray a novena to St. Joseph for this intention. In the photo, St. Joseph of Jesus Divine Word Church in Huntington.

Scaffolding surrounds Gian Lorenzo Bernini's baldachin above the high altar of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. St. Peter's expects the baldachin to be ready for the great Jubilee 2025.

"Mass Explained," is the book by Miami author and graphic designer Dan Gonzalez in which he visually explains the celebration, rites and liturgical objects of the Mass with photos from the archives of Arkansas Catholic, newspaper of the Diocese of Little Rock.

Altar servers lead the procession that traditionally takes place on Ash Wednesday from the church of San Anselmo to the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Republican, holds a Bible during the annual National Prayer Breakfast at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 1, 2024.

Unaccompanied minors from Honduras sit on the riverbank in Roma, Texas, after crossing the Rio Grande. Each year thousands of these minors cross into the U.S. at various border points.

A nativity scene designed by Myriam Lacerenza of Rome using a baseball and baseball gloves is on display as part of the "100 Nativity Scenes at the Vatican" exhibit on view under the colonnade in St. Peter's Square.

The arrival of the Christmas tree marks the beginning of Vatican Christmas preparations. This year the tree comes from the Maira Valley and will be lit on December 9. After Christmas, the wood will be made into toys and donated to Caritas.

Sister Zelie Maria Louis, Sister of the Congregation Sisters of Lifesmiles after his final vows at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York.

The red biretta and scroll of Chicago native Cardinal Robert F. Prevost after the consistory in which Pope Francis created him a cardinal along with 20 other prelates on Sept. 30, 2023.

The wreath laid by Pope Francis rests on a monument dedicated to migrants and those lost at sea in Marseille.

More than 7,000 people gathered in London for the March for Life on September 2, 2023. The slogan of this march was "Freedom to Live".

Members of the honor guard parade after the arrival of Pope Francis at Chinggis Khaan International Airport in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Sept. 1, 2023.

A bakery in Lisbon, Portugal, sells, during the days of World Youth Day, original cookies with the image of Pope Francis.

Priest John Molyneux, speaks at the beginning of the blessing ceremony of the interior of the historic St. Gabriel the Archangel Mission, which was nearly destroyed in an arson attack in July 2020.

The processions return this Holy Week to the streets of cities and towns like this Palm Sunday in Antigua (Guatemala).

Children drive their donkey in the traditional blessing of Italian farm animals and military horses outside St. Peter's Square on January 17, 2023.

The Nativity scene and the Christmas tree decorating St. Peter's Square once they are illuminated after the blessing.

Carols such as "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" fill St. Malachy's Church in New York during one of the many Advent concerts held in the American capital.

Pope Francis greets Sheikh Ahmad el-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar Mosque and University, at the Sakhir Palace in Awali. Bahrain, November 4, 2022.

The Pope plays with a child at the opening festival of the World Meeting of Families in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican on June 22, 2022. The festival of families opens the 5 days of the meeting.

The U.S. Supreme Court offices in Washington on May 2, 2022, are looking lit up, following the leak of a draft majority opinion preparing the court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision later this year.

Women sing during a mass in the protected civilian area of the United Nations base in Malakal, South Sudan.