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2020 Year in Review in Pictures

The Register looks back at the year that was.

L to R: The beatifications of Father Michael McGivney and Carlo Acutis and the worldwide blessing with the Blessed Sacrament on March 27 were among the most memorable moments in a dark year due to the pandemic.
L to R: The beatifications of Father Michael McGivney and Carlo Acutis and the worldwide blessing with the Blessed Sacrament on March 27 were among the most memorable moments in a dark year due to the pandemic. (photo: Tom Wehner/National Catholic Register; Daniel Ibanez/CNA; Vatican Media/National Catholic Register)
Peter Jesserer Smith Nation

The Register has chronciled the major events of the year, from the pandemic to papal happenings.


Click on links to read about national, world and Vatican events.

Peter Jesserer Smith

Peter Jesserer Smith Peter Jesserer Smith is a staff reporter for the National Catholic Register. He covered Pope Francis's historic visit to the United States in 2015, and to Jerusalem and the Holy Land in 2014. He has reported on the Syrian and Iraqi refugee crisis, including from Jordan and Lebanon on an Egan Fellowship from Catholic Relief Services. Before coming on board the Register in 2013, he was a freelance writer, reporting for Catholic media outlets as the Register and Our Sunday Visitor. He is a graduate of the National Journalism Center and earned a B.A. in Philosophy at Christendom College, where he co-founded the student newspaper, The Rambler, and served as its editor. He comes originally from the Finger Lakes region of New York State.

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