A 19th century jack-o-lantern from Fintown in County Donegal, Ireland, is part of a display at the Museum of Country Life in County Mayo, Ireland. (CNS photo/courtesy National Museum of Ireland)Read More
A Halloween gallery display is pictured at the Museum of Country Life in County Mayo, Ireland. (CNS photo/courtesy National Museum of Ireland)Read More
People are seen near the Washington Monument in Washington Aug. 10. Congress is trying to simplify the tax code to deliver on President Donald Trump's campaign promise to cut taxes for the middle class. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)Read More
Supreme Knight Carl Anderson, CEO of the Knights of Columbus, is seen in Washington Oct. 2. Since 2014, the Knights of Columbus Christian Refugee Relief Fund has donated more than $17 million for humanitarian assistance in Iraq, Syria and the surrounding region. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)Read More
Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago blesses a St. Mark statue that Graziano Marcheschi, left, gave actor Mark Wahlberg following an Oct. 20 news conference held prior to the Archdiocese of Chicago's first re(ENCOUNTER) event for young adults at the UIC Pavilion. (CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Chicago Catholic)Read More
Actor Mark Wahlberg and and Cardinal Blase J. Cupich of Chicago discuss faith and the life of young adults during a re(ENCOUNTER) event at the UIC Pavilion Oct. 20. (CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Chicago Catholic)Read More
A child reacts as he stands in front of Pope Francis during his visit at the Scholas Occurentes foundation in Rome Oct. 26. In a video chat with young children from Texas and Puerto Rico, the pope said there are no easy answers to the suffering and destruction wrought by hurricanes. (CNS photo/Andrew Medichini via...Read More
Pope Francis speaks from the Vatican to astronauts aboard the International Space Station Oct. 26. The pope connected for about 25 minutes to astronauts 250 miles above the earth. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano)Read More
Carol Pacione, left, her daughter, Beth Rausch, along with her husband, Ian, and 2-year-old son, Eliott, stand with the procession cross made in memory of Carol Pacione's late husband, former youth minister, Mark Pacione, in the Monsignor O’Dwyer Retreat House chapel in Sparks following a special Mass Oct. 20. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Ian Rausch and his son Eliott look at the processional cross made in memory of Mark Pacione, their father-in-law and grandfather, respectively, in the Monsignor O’Dwyer Retreat House chapel in Sparks Oct. 20. Eliott was born a few months after his grandfather died unexpectedly. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
Carol Pacione venerates the procession cross dedicated to her late husband, Mark Pacione, during Mass at the Monsignor O’Dwyer Retreat House in Sparks Oct. 20. Altar server Hope Goedeke held the cross in place. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More
