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The altar at St. Patrick Church, a Roman Catholic parish in Malvern, Pa.

Less than 24 hours after a caustic debate, Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump are appearing together again for a ritzier gathering in New York.

An urn containing the cremated remains of a Roman Catholic priest during a funeral Mass in Mexico last month. The church allows cremation as long as it is done in accordance with Christian doctrine.

Pope Francis arriving for an ecumenical prayer at Lund Cathedral on Monday.

Pope Francis embraced Antje Jackelen, the Lutheran archbishop of Uppsala, during an ecumenical Mass on Monday in Lund, Sweden.

Pope Francis, center, and clerics celebrating Mass at a stadium in Malmo, Sweden, on Tuesday.

Pope Francis, center, and clerics celebrating Mass at a stadium in Malmo, Sweden, on Tuesday.

Workers removing a marble top last week from the tomb said to be of Jesus Christ, in the Church of Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem.

Archbishop Joseph Tobin was introduced as Newark’s new archbishop at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Newark on Monday.

Archbishop Tobin at the Cathedral Basilica last week. As the archbishop of Indianapolis, he made headlines in 2015 when he said that the archdiocese would continue to welcome Syrian refugees, despite

Archbishop José H. Gomez was elected vice president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Pope Francis placed a biretta on the head of the newly named Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, Archbishop of Mérida, Venezuela, at the Vatican on Saturday.

The flag of China, which requires state oversight of Catholics, was waved near Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square in June.

Father Nivakoff, who is from Connecticut, in the historical center of Norcia. The beer brewery that he and other monks operate was mostly spared.

The Rev. Stanley Rother during a carnival in Guatemala.

Bishop Javier Echevarría in Rome in 2008.

Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns in 1998.

Sunday Mass in the state-approved Xuanwumen Catholic Church in Beijing on Dec. 4.