PRAYER TO OUR LADY: Pope Francis prays in front of the original statue of Our Lady of Fatima during a Marian vigil in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Oct. 12. The statue was brought from Portugal for a weekend of Marian events culminating in Pope Francis entrusting the world to Mary. CNS photo/Paul HaringPRESERVING HISTORY: Archaeologist and anthropologist David Hurst Thomas talks with Bishop Gregory Hartmayer of Savannah along the shore of St. Catherines Island in Georgia Oct. 14. Earlier in the day, the bishop celebrated Mass on the site of the island’s mission church, which dates back to the 1570s. Scientists on the island continue to excavate with a sense of urgency as erosion from rising sea levels threaten the remains of a vanished American Indian community. CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec
