This is a screen grab with an image of Pope Francis from www.ted.com. The pope was a surprise presenter in a video talk played April 25 for 1,800 people attending TED 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and posted online with subtitles in 20 languages. (CNS photo/TED.com)Read More
A Franciscan plays the organ April 25 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Cairo as the choir prepares for Pope Francis' April 28-29 visit. (CNS photo/Mohamed Abd El Ghany, Reuters)Read More
Women pray during Mass April 25 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Cairo ahead of Pope Francis' April 28-29 visit. (CNS photo/Mohamed Abd El Ghany, Reuters)Read More
Father Ty Hullinger, pastor of St. Anthony of Padua in Gardenville, blesses a storm water bio-retention project after a special liturgy April 23 celebrating Earth Day and Arbor Day. (Paul McMullen/CR Staff)Read More
Father Ty Hullinger, pastor of St. Anthony of Padua in Gardenville, blesses Eastern redbud trees after a special liturgy April 23 celebrating Earth Day and Arbor Day. (Paul McMullen/CR Staff)Read More
Pope Francis lights a candle during a prayer service at the Basilica of St. Bartholomew in Rome April 22. The service was in memory of Christians killed for their faith in the 20th and 21st centuries. (CNS photo/Maria Grazia Picciarella, pool)Read More
Children play at the Bernardine Sisters’ school in Kamonyi, Rwanda. When the village observes the anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, the schoolchildren walk together to the local memorial, where they have a ceremony and read the names of local victims. (CNS photo/Melanie Lidman, Global Sisters)Read More
“It’s like being home,” said Terri Archibald, former student and now a teacher of more than three decades at Immaculate Heart of Mary School in Baynesville. Her sons Chris, left, and Andrew, also attended IHM, as well as Andrew’s daughter, Reagan, currently in the first grade. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)Read More