Photos featured this week include Pope Francis’ 87th birthday, an illuminated Nativity in Manila, Philippines, and more.
Pope Francis greets religious sisters at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Dec. 20, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
A religious sister visits the “100 Nativity Scenes at the Vatican” exhibit under the colonnade in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Dec. 20, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez)
People pass an illuminated Nativity while visiting a Christmas display in Manila, Philippines, Dec. 19, 2023. (OSV News photo/Eloisa Lopez, Reuters)
Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett, Ketanji Brown Jackson and retired Justice Anthony Kennedy stand in front of the flag-draped casket of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, who died Dec. 1, 2023, in the Great Hall at the Supreme Court in Washington during a private service Dec. 18. O’Connor, an Arizona native and the first woman to serve on the nation’s highest court, died at age 93. (OSV News photo/Jacquelyn Martin, pool via Reuters)
Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of Paris inserts the relics of Sts. Denis, Genevieve and the relics of Christ’s crown of thorns into the golden rooster in Paris Dec. 16, 2023, prior to its installation at the top of the spire of the Notre Dame Cathedral. The rooster symbolizes resilience amid destruction after the devastating April 2019 fire — as restoration officials also revealed an anti-fire misting system is being kitted out under the cathedral’s roof. (OSV News photo/Christian Hartmann, Reuters)
Mervat Salha, the grandmother of Palestinian baby girl Mariam who was war born during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, holds her outside a tent where they shelter with their displaced family who fled their house due to Israeli strikes, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip Dec. 17, 2023. (OSV News photo/Saleh Salem, Reuters)
Pope Francis blows out the candles on his birthday cake during an audience with children assisted by the Vatican’s pediatric clinic in the Paul VI Hall Dec. 17, 2023, his 87th birthday. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
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