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Thousands of Italian children take a Baby Jesus from their Nativity Scene (for the tradition Bambinelli) to be blessed by Pope Francis during his weekly Sunday Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, December 11, 2016.

Photo of the Day: December 14, 2016

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Christ hidden in a bunker

Cathedral crypt in Ukraine now shelters civilians

‘A mother’s strength’

A Mass for Marriage in England

The Old Zuni Mission

Better to light a candle than curse the darkness

The marathon-running priests

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