Pope Leo XIV Presides Mass For Jubilee of Prisoners - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Presides Mass For Jubilee of Prisoners - Vatican

Men carry a crucifix before the start of a mass on the occasion of the Jubilee of Prisoners at St Peter's basilica in the Vatican on December 14, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Presides Mass For Jubilee of Prisoners - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Presides Mass For Jubilee of Prisoners - Vatican

Men carry a crucifix before the start of a mass on the occasion of the Jubilee of Prisoners at St Peter's basilica in the Vatican on December 14, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Presides Mass For Jubilee of Prisoners - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Presides Mass For Jubilee of Prisoners - Vatican

Men carry a crucifix before the start of a mass on the occasion of the Jubilee of Prisoners at St Peter's basilica in the Vatican on December 14, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Presides Mass For Jubilee of Prisoners - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Presides Mass For Jubilee of Prisoners - Vatican

Men carry a crucifix before the start of a mass on the occasion of the Jubilee of Prisoners at St Peter's basilica in the Vatican on December 14, 2025. Photo by ALESSIA GIULIANI/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo Leads The General Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo Leads The General Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives an inflatable crucifix offered by the Italian island of Ventotene at the end of the weekly general audience in Saint Peter’s square, Vatican on December 10, 2025. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ VaticanMedia/ ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Leads The General Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Leads The General Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives an inflatable crucifix offered by the Italian island of Ventotene at the end of the weekly general audience in Saint Peter’s square, Vatican on December 10, 2025. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Leads The General Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Leads The General Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives an inflatable crucifix offered by the Italian island of Ventotene at the end of the weekly general audience in Saint Peter’s square, Vatican on December 10, 2025. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Leads The General Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Leads The General Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives an inflatable crucifix offered by the Italian island of Ventotene at the end of the weekly general audience in Saint Peter’s square, Vatican on December 10, 2025. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Leads The General Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Leads The General Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives an inflatable crucifix offered by the Italian island of Ventotene at the end of the weekly general audience in Saint Peter’s square, Vatican on December 10, 2025. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Leads The General Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Leads The General Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives an inflatable crucifix offered by the Italian island of Ventotene at the end of the weekly general audience in Saint Peter’s square, Vatican on December 10, 2025. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Leads The General Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Leads The General Audience - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV receives an inflatable crucifix offered by the Italian island of Ventotene at the end of the weekly general audience in Saint Peter’s square, Vatican on December 10, 2025. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

The pontiff presents a rosary and a crucifix to catechists. Pope Leo XIV presides over the Sunday Mass on the Jubilee of Catechists in St. Peter's Square near Rome at the Vatican on September 28, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

The pontiff presents a rosary and a crucifix to catechists. Pope Leo XIV presides over the Sunday Mass on the Jubilee of Catechists in St. Peter's Square near Rome at the Vatican on September 28, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

The pontiff presents a rosary and a crucifix to catechists. Pope Leo XIV presides over the Sunday Mass on the Jubilee of Catechists in St. Peter's Square near Rome at the Vatican on September 28, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

The pontiff presents a rosary and a crucifix to catechists. Pope Leo XIV presides over the Sunday Mass on the Jubilee of Catechists in St. Peter's Square near Rome at the Vatican on September 28, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

The pontiff presents a rosary and a crucifix to catechists. Pope Leo XIV presides over the Sunday Mass on the Jubilee of Catechists in St. Peter's Square near Rome at the Vatican on September 28, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

The pontiff presents a rosary and a crucifix to catechists. Pope Leo XIV presides over the Sunday Mass on the Jubilee of Catechists in St. Peter's Square near Rome at the Vatican on September 28, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

The pontiff presents a rosary and a crucifix to catechists. Pope Leo XIV presides over the Sunday Mass on the Jubilee of Catechists in St. Peter's Square near Rome at the Vatican on September 28, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

The pontiff presents a rosary and a crucifix to catechists. Pope Leo XIV presides over the Sunday Mass on the Jubilee of Catechists in St. Peter's Square near Rome at the Vatican on September 28, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

The pontiff presents a rosary and a crucifix to catechists. Pope Leo XIV presides over the Sunday Mass on the Jubilee of Catechists in St. Peter's Square near Rome at the Vatican on September 28, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

The pontiff presents a rosary and a crucifix to catechists. Pope Leo XIV presides over the Sunday Mass on the Jubilee of Catechists in St. Peter's Square near Rome at the Vatican on September 28, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

The pontiff presents a rosary and a crucifix to catechists. Pope Leo XIV presides over the Sunday Mass on the Jubilee of Catechists in St. Peter's Square near Rome at the Vatican on September 28, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

The pontiff presents a rosary and a crucifix to catechists. Pope Leo XIV presides over the Sunday Mass on the Jubilee of Catechists in St. Peter's Square near Rome at the Vatican on September 28, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Celebrates Mass for the Jubilee of Catechists - Vatican

The pontiff presents a rosary and a crucifix to catechists. Pope Leo XIV presides over the Sunday Mass on the Jubilee of Catechists in St. Peter's Square near Rome at the Vatican on September 28, 2025. Photo by Marco Iacobucci/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

Aleppo Christians Mark Feast of the Cross

Aleppo Christians Mark Feast of the Cross

A crucifix is displayed inside a church during the Feast of the Cross in Aleppo, Syria on September 14, 2025. The sacred occasion brings together Christian communities to honor the cross as a symbol of light, peace, and renewed faith. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cardinal Angelo Comastri presides Holy Mass on Easter Sunday and “Urbi et Orbi” Vatican City , Italy 20.05.2025

Cardinal Angelo Comastri presides Holy Mass on Easter Sunday and “Urbi et Orbi” Vatican City , Italy 20.05.2025

Vatican City , Italy 20.05.2025: Crucifix on the red curtain in the center of the basilica, Holy Mass on Easter Sunday and “Urbi et Orbi” Blessing in Saint Peter’s Square in Rome.

Holly Saturday in Seville - Spain

Holly Saturday in Seville - Spain

Vatican City , Italy 20.05.2025: Crucifix on the red curtain in the center of the basilica, Holy Mass on Easter Sunday and “Urbi et Orbi” Blessing in Saint Peter’s Square in Rome.

First Photo Of Pope Francis At The Hospital - Rome

First Photo Of Pope Francis At The Hospital - Rome

Pope Francis has concelebrated the holy mass in the chapel of the apartment on the 10th floor of the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italy on March 16, 2025. Pope Francis is pictured for first time since he was admitted to hospital more than a month ago with pneumonia. The photo shows the pope, bare-headed, seated in a wheelchair in front of a simple altar with a crucifix on the wall. Pope Francis has not been seen in public since being admitted to Gemelli hospital on 14 February. Photo: (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

The Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory - Rome

The Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory - Rome

The ‘ Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory’ housed in a room of the small neo-Gothic church of the Sacred Heart of Suffrage (Chiesa del Sacro Cuore del Suffragio) in Rome, Italy on March 5, 2025 is one of a kind in the world as it pretends to offer undeniable proofs of the existence of Purgatory. - Pictured: - - - Burn marks left by the hands of the deceased P. Panzini, Abbot Olivetano of Mantua on 1 November 1731 on some objects belonging to the venerable mother Isabella Fornari, Abbess of the Poor Clares of the Monastery of San Francisco in Todi (Italy). One, of the left hand is on the tablet used by the Abbess for her work with a sign of the cross deeply engraved in the wood. The report of the fact is given by Fr. Isidoro Gazala of the Most Holy Crucifix, confessor of the venerable mother, to whom he ordered by obedience to cut the pieces of the cassock and the tablet, so that they could be preserved. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tableto

The Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory - Rome

The Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory - Rome

The ‘ Museum of the Holy Souls in Purgatory’ housed in a room of the small neo-Gothic church of the Sacred Heart of Suffrage (Chiesa del Sacro Cuore del Suffragio) in Rome, Italy on March 5, 2025 is one of a kind in the world as it pretends to offer undeniable proofs of the existence of Purgatory. - Pictured: Burn marks left by the hand of the deceased P. Panzini, Abbot Olivetano of Mantua on 1 November 1731 on some objects belonging to the venerable mother Isabella Fornari, Abbess of the Poor Clares of the Monastery of San Francisco in Todi (Italy). One, of the left hand is on the tablet used by the Abbess for her work with a sign of the cross deeply engraved in the wood. The report of the fact is given by Fr. Isidoro Gazala of the Most Holy Crucifix, confessor of the venerable mother, to whom he ordered by obedience to cut the pieces of the cassock and the tablet, so that they could be preserved. - The tiny century-old ‘Piccolo Museo Del Purgatorio’ holds a collection of bibles, prayer books, tabletops, and

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

People arrive for the race to catch the wooden crucifix thrown by Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I into the sea at the Golden Horn within Epiphany Day celebrations near Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchy in Istanbul, Turkey, on January 06, 2025. Photo by Dilara Acikgoz/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

People swim and race to catch the wooden crucifix thrown by Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I into the sea at the Golden Horn within Epiphany Day celebrations near Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchy in Istanbul, Turkey, on January 06, 2025. Photo by Dilara Acikgoz/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

People prepare to race for catch the wooden crucifix thrown by Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I into the sea at the Golden Horn within Epiphany Day celebrations near Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchy in Istanbul, Turkey, on January 06, 2025. Photo by Dilara Acikgoz/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

People swim and race to catch the wooden crucifix thrown by Fener Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I into the sea at the Golden Horn within Epiphany Day celebrations near Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchy in Istanbul, Turkey, on January 06, 2025. Photo by Ozan Guzelce/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I throws a wooden crucifix into the sea at the Golden Horn within Epiphany Day celebrations near Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchy in Istanbul, Turkey, on January 06, 2025. Photo by Dilara Acikgoz/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I throws a wooden crucifix into the sea at the Golden Horn within Epiphany Day celebrations near Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchy in Istanbul, Turkey, on January 06, 2025. Photo by Ozan Guzelce/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I throws a wooden crucifix into the sea at the Golden Horn within Epiphany Day celebrations near Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchy in Istanbul, Turkey, on January 06, 2025. Photo by Dilara Acikgoz/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I throws a wooden crucifix into the sea at the Golden Horn within Epiphany Day celebrations near Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchy in Istanbul, Turkey, on January 06, 2025. Photo by Dilara Acikgoz/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I throws a wooden crucifix into the sea at the Golden Horn within Epiphany Day celebrations near Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchy in Istanbul, Turkey, on January 06, 2025. Photo by Ozan Guzelce/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

Turkey's Orthodox Cummunity Celebrates Epiphany Day - Istanbul

Greek Patriarch Bartholomew I throws a wooden crucifix into the sea at the Golden Horn within Epiphany Day celebrations near Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarchy in Istanbul, Turkey, on January 06, 2025. Photo by Ozan Guzelce/DIA Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Old cloth icons displayed at Lviv church

Old cloth icons displayed at Lviv church

LVIV, UKRAINE - APRIL 25, 2024 - A crucifix is pictured at the Church of Hieromartyr Klymentii Sheptytskyi of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church hosting the exhibition of old cloth icons, known as epitaphions, from Halychyna churches, Lviv, western Ukraine.

Easter in Ivano-Frankivsk

Easter in Ivano-Frankivsk

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Candlemas in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

Candlemas in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 2, 2024 - A priest blesses devotees with a crucifix during a divine liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra is pictured on Candlemas, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Candlemas in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

Candlemas in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 2, 2024 - A priest kisses a crucifix held by Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine His Beatitude Epiphanius during a divine liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra on Candlemas, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Candlemas in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

Candlemas in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 2, 2024 - Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine His Beatitude Epiphanius (L) holds a crucifix during a divine liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra on Candlemas, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Candlemas in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

Candlemas in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 2, 2024 - Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine His Beatitude Epiphanius (L) holds a crucifix during a divine liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra on Candlemas, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Candlemas in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

Candlemas in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 2, 2024 - Devotees attend a divine liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra is pictured on Candlemas, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Candlemas in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

Candlemas in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 2, 2024 - Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine His Beatitude Epiphanius (L) holds a crucifix during a divine liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra on Candlemas, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Candlemas in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

Candlemas in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 2, 2024 - A priest blesses devotees with a crucifix during a divine liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra is pictured on Candlemas, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

Candlemas in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

Candlemas in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra

KYIV, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 2, 2024 - Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine His Beatitude Epiphanius holds a crucifix during a divine liturgy at the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra on Candlemas, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.