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Pope Francis waves as he arrives to lead his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 13. (CNS photo/Tony Gentile, Reuters)
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Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
"We don't go to Mass to give something to God, but to receive from him that which we truly need."
Pope Francis gestures after addressing the general assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life at the Vatican Oct. 5. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
"I encourage you to work always in a spirit of communion and cooperation with other Catholic NGOs and with the representatives of the Holy See."
Burned cars are seen on a piece of property Dec. 5 during a wildfire near Santa Paula, Calif. Pushed by powerful Santa Ana winds, the fire spread with explosive speed to 31,000 acres in Southern California's Ventura County, forcing thousands to evacuate in the dark. (CNS photo/David McNew, Reuters)
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Catholic News Service
"Friends, as the wildfires continue, the needs of our neighbors continue to increase." —Archbishop Gomez
President Donald Trump waves to supporters during a rally in Pensacola, Fla., Friday, Dec. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Jonathan Bachman)
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Michael J. O’Loughlin
Fewer Americans believe in the biblical Christmas story and a growing number are opting not to attend church services.
A photo of Blessed Oscar Romero is displayed as a YSAX radio volunteer works in the studio on Dec. 9 in San Salvador, El Salvador. In San Salvador's traffic jams or at work, people turn on radio YSAX to listen to Blessed Romero's homilies, just as they did over 30 years ago. (CNS photo/Melissa Vida) 
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Melissa Vida - Catholic News Service
From the 1970s until his assassination in March 1980, Blessed Romero used the radio station YSAX to inform Salvadorans and the international community of the horrors of El Salvador's civil war.
Pope Francis swings a censer in front of an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe as he celebrates Mass on Dec. 12 marking her feast day in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Fabio Frustaci, EPA)
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Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
In his homily, Pope Francis reflected on the reading from St. Luke's Gospel, in which the angel appears to Mary, informing her that she is with child.