Pope Francis marked the Sunday of the Word of God by installing 40 Catholics from multiple continents as lectors during a special Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, including faithful from Iceland to the Philippines.

Pope Francis asked, “Do you believe this?” during Saturday’s ecumenical vespers, urging Catholics and Orthodox to consider uniting Easter dates in this historic year.

“Communication means stepping outside ourselves a bit to give something of myself to another,” Pope Francis told hundreds of communications professionals Saturday.

Marc Chagall’s White Crucifixion, Pope Francis’s cherished masterpiece, is now on display in Rome for the Holy Year’s “Jubilee is Culture” initiative.

Pope Francis has appointed his personal travel agent and new cardinal, George Jacob Koovakad, to lead the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, following the death last year of Cardinal Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot.