Catholic news in pictures from around the world
Women and children wait in line to collect water from the only tap at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Eldoret, Kenya, on January 3.
Pope Benedict XVI greets women at the Missionaries of Charity shelter for the poor and homeless at the Vatican on January 4.
A priest raises the altar bread during a Mass after the first trading day of the year on Wednesday, January 2, at the Philippine Stock Exchange.
Nicaraguan Catholic faithful take part in the Saint Silvestre celebrations in Catarina, south of Managua, on January 1.