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| Syrian refugees drink tea as they sit in front of their tents at Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, Dec. 31. CNS photo / Muhammad Hamed, Reuters. |
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| The Austrian countryside. |
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| The Austrian National Library. |
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| One of the many statues found in Prague. This statue's hooded features perfectly mimic the way I feel at the moment; hiding from the sun. |
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| This clock is located in Prague's Old Town Square, in the aptly named Old Town Quarter. |
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| Prague's Old Town Square. The clock is to the left of the photo. |
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| The icon of the Black Madonna of Częstochowa is seen during Mass in the Jasna Gora Monastery, Poland, August 1. |
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| Tired Canadian pilgrims slump over during a break hiking toward the overnight pilgrimage in Krakow. |
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| Canadian pilgrims from Vancouver and Polish pilgrims from Gdansk walk together towards the camping grounds where they will stay the night. |
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| More than two million pilgrims gather for a vigil Mass July 30, in Krakow. The Mass was celebrated in five languages. |
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| A selfie with many other pilgrims in Krakow. The amount of humans was so dense, I felt like a sardine. |
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| Pilgrims from all over the world celebrate the arrival of Pope Francis in Krakow, Poland July 29. |
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| Auschwitz's infamous gate. The ironwork greeting reads: Work will set you free. |
"At least 1,300,000 people were deported to Auschwitz of whom 1,100,000 perished. About 90% of the victims were Jews. The majority of them were murdered in the gas chambers upon arrival."
"You are now entering a courtyard where the SS murdered thousands of people. Please maintain silence here: remember their suffering and show respect for their memory."
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| A WYD pilgrim stands in front of a rebuilt chimney from one of the furnaces used to burn dead bodies at Auschwitz. |
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| Joshua Tng snaps a selfie with his fellow Canadian World Youth Day pilgrims as they trudge down the streets of Krakow, Poland, in the midst of World Youth Day. |
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| World Youth Day pilgrims pilot kayaks within the river that forms the centre of the port city Gdansk. While most Polish cities have a central square, Gdansk instead uses the river banks as a center for the city. (Credit: Josh Tng.) |
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| Canadian pilgrims cheer and celebrate as they, along with thousands of other pilgrims, parade down the main streets of Gdansk. |
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| The organ of Gdansk Oliwa Arch-cathedral, constructed in the late 1700s, is decorated with Rococo sculptures. (Credit: Josh Tng.) |
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| Pilgrims from all over the world, including Canada, perform the Macarena outside of Oliwa Archcathedral. (Credit: Josh Tng.) |
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| The view of the Old Town district of Gdańsk from the top of St. Mary's Church. (Credit: Josh Tng.) |
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| World Youth Day pilgrims visit a section of the Berlin Wall. The piece was transported to Gdańsk to stand alongside a section of a wall Lech Walesa climbed to lead the shipyard workers campaign. (Credit: Josh Tng) |
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| Father David Miloscia in St. Louis shows young people the game of Pokemon Go on his phone. (Photo: Lisa Johnston, St. Louis Review / CNS) |
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| Women who attend religious services, especially Catholic women, are much less likely to commit suicide. Photo credit. |
"Attendance at religious services once per week or more was associated with an approximately five-fold lower rate of suicide compared with never attending religious services."The women in the study were between the ages of 30 and 55 and most were Christian. They reported to researchers how often they went to church: 17,028 went more than once a week, 36,488 went once a week, 14,548 went less than once a week, and 21,644 never did.
