Catholics and other Christians around the world set up Nativity scenes, decorated enormous Christmas trees, lit candles, and played hymns to celebrate one of the holiest days on the Christian calendar: The birth of Christ. Here is a sample of some of the holy day’s manifestations.
Mourners attend the April 10 funeral for victims of a bomb attack the previous day at the Orthodox Church of St. George in Tanta, Egypt. That same day, April 9, an explosion went off outside the Cathedral of St. Mark in Alexandria, where Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II was presiding over the Palm Sunday service. (Credit: CNS photo/Mohamed Hossam, EPA.)
A priest blesses a couple during their wedding ceremony in this undated photo. (Credit: Juan Carlos Ulate/Reuters via CNS.)
(Credit: Elias Kontogiannis/Catholic Charities USA.)
Kazakhstan airforce fighters escort the airplane flying Pope Francis on his way back to the Vatican at the end of a three-day visit to the central Asian country, Thursday, Sept.15 2022. (Alessandro Di Meo/Pool)
Auxiliary Bishop Benoni Ambarus of Rome. (Credit: Photo courtesy Vicariate of Rome.)