The Pope talks with one of the children admitted to the pediatric hospital of Santa Marta with whom he met on December 19.

Phillip and Nicholas prepare an Advent wreath in New York. In the reading for the Third Sunday of Advent, December 12, 2021, it says, "Do not be anxious at all, but in everything by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."

A Congolese woman carries her child and some belongings to the border post in western Uganda. For weeks now, armed men have taken over villages near the border, displacing many Congolese into the neighboring country.

A group of cyclists rest after arriving in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on October 21, 2021, after traveling from Pisa, Italy. The group has followed the Via Francigena pilgrimage route, arriving in Rome as their final destination.

Two women on horseback participate in the traditional military parade on the occasion of the bicentennial of Mexico's Independence Day in Mexico City's Zocalo square on September 16, 2021.

One of the snapshots from the trip to Slovakia: Pope Francis speaks during a meeting with the Roma community in the Luník IX neighborhood in Košice, September 14, 2021.

Fesemyer, a member of the U.S. track and field team at the Tokyo Paralympics, says he owes much of his success to the support he received during his years at St. John's Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois; and he is an example of Christian steadfastness and fullness of life.

The death of King St. Stephen in 1038 was followed by a period of instability, which made it advisable to transfer his remains to a safe place. At that time his right hand, which had remained incorrupt, was separated from the body. Today the relic of the "Holy Right Hand" is venerated in this reliquary in St. Stephen's Cathedral in the Hungarian capital.

Cardinal Bechara Rai, Maronite Patriarch, celebrates Mass on the first anniversary of the explosion in the port of Beirut on August 4. The explosion killed more than 200 people, injured more than 6,000 and displaced more than 300,000.

A replica of the Christ of the Abyss can be seen in the lake at Key Largo John Pennekamp State Park in Florida. The original is located on the Italian Riviera, where diver Dario Gonzatti lost his life diving in 1947.

The young Mattia Villardita, who visits hospitalized children dressed as a superhero, was one of the protagonists of the Pope's Audience on June 23 during which he presented the Pontiff with one of his masks.

Women, like this Kenyan woman, were the main protagonists of Manos Unidas' work on the African continent and received special attention in the projects due to the increase in violence against them during confinement. 

The moon envelops the statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus that can be seen in the town of Wolxheim (Wolixe), France. The image was taken on February 20, 2019 during a full moon. 

A girl dressed in traditional costume in the Corpus Christi procession through the streets of Warsaw. The Polish capital celebrated the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ on Thursday, June 3, 2021.

Pope Francis prays the rosary with about 160 people in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on May 1, 2021. The Pope started the rosary marathon to pray for the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lidia Maksymowicz shows the Pope the number of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau where she spent 3 years during the Audience in the Courtyard of St. Damasus on May 26, 2021. 

A Civil Guard rescues a baby in Ceuta during the mass passage of migrants into Spanish territory from Morocco on May 18, 2021.

The image, the work of sculptor Enrico Nell Breuning, was in St. Peter's with Pope Pacelli in 1956 and has accompanied Francis on several occasions. The image belongs to the Christian Association of Italian Workers.

The easing of Covid restrictions in the Holy Land allows Palestinians to pray in front of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City during the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan. 

A mother participates in the Project for the care of women during pregnancy and childbirth in Monkole (Kinshasa). The Friends of Monkole Foundation funds this project, which aims to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates.

Caritas volunteers from the parish of San Juan de Dios, in Vallecas (Madrid) have prepared meals for the growing number of people in need as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Prague's Old Town Square once again boasts a replica of the column erected by the city to thank Our Lady for her help against the Swedes in 1648.