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First communicant Violeta Perez of Chicago fixes her cross necklace while processing with a statue of St. Paul on June 29 in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood. Perez was part of a procession organized by St. Paul Church in honor of " The Year of St. Paul, " a special celebration in the universal Catholic Church to honor the 2,000th anniversary of apostle's birth.

Photo: Jessica A. Woolf / Catholic New World