Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, delivers the homily during Mass Nov. 12 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore on the eve of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)Read More
Members of the Knights of Columbus process during Mass Nov. 12 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore on the eve of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)Read More
Bishops pray during Mass Nov. 12 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore on the eve of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)Read More
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, walks with his crosier after concelebrating Mass Nov. 12 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore on the eve of the fall general assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)Read More
Twenty-one couples celebrate their convalidation ceremony at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Alexandria, Va., June 24. The Catholic Church must strengthen its programs "to respond to the desire for family that emerges in the soul of the young generations" and to help couples once they are married, Pope Francis said Nov. 11 in Rome. (CNS...Read More
St. Joan of Arc Catholic School, Aberdeen, first-grader, Regan Cronin, shows her father, Jayson Cronin, star constellations on an iPad during the school’s participation in the Maryland STEM Festival Nov. 9. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
St. Joan of Arc Catholic School, Aberdeen, fourth-graders Sophia Prior, center, and Cayden Mahnke, pose with a Mars rover concept built for the school’s participation in the Maryland STEM Festival Nov. 9. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Fifth-grader Preston Juarez works with St. Joan of Arc Catholic School teacher, Michael Adamowski, during the school’s participation in the Maryland STEM Festival Nov. 9. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
A man smokes a cigarette in front of St. Peter Square at the Vatican Nov. 9. Pope Francis has decided that the Vatican will stop selling cigarettes to its employees in 2018 because of the health risks of smoking. (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, Reuters)Read More
