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Pope Francis distributed a card with this image of "The Good Shepherd," a painting by the German Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach der Ältere, to Italian bishops during their extraordinary general assembly on "the synodal journey of the church in Italy," Nov. 22 in Rome. On the reverse of the card are "The Beatitudes of the Bishop." (CNS photo/Courtesy of Holy See Press Office)

Pope Francis distributed a card with this image of "The Good Shepherd," a painting by artist Lucas Cranach der Ältere, to Italian bishops Nov. 22 in Rome. (CNS photo/Courtesy of Holy See Press Office)