Photos of the Week: Thanksgiving; Cardinal Zen verdict

By Kit Doyle · November 26, 2022

(RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes Thanksgiving, the verdict against Cardinal Zen and more. Cardinal Joseph Zen, left, speaks to members of the media at the West Kowloon Magistrates's Courts after the verdict session in Hong Kong, Friday Nov. 25, 2022. The 90-year-old Catholic cardinal and five others in Hong Kong were fined after being found guilty Friday of failing to register a now-defunct fund that aimed to help people arrested in the widespread protests three years ago. (AP Photo/Anthony Kwan) Community volunteers get ready to serve food in a free Thanksgiving meal provided by the Union Rescue Mission as the Los Angeles Skid Row district annual feast hosts thousands of homeless and others in need in downtown Los Angeles, on Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) A Buddhist monk performs rituals while holding a flashlight in his mouth during the Bala Chaturdashi festival at the Pashupatinath Hindu temple in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. Bala Chaturdashi is celebrated in memory of departed family members. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) A woman cleans the snow in the Pechersk Lavra monastic complex in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. Ukraine's counter-intelligence service, police officers and the country's National Guard searched one of the most famous Orthodox Christian sites in the capital, Kyiv, after a priest spoke favorably about Russia – Ukraine's invader – during a service. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Ukraine's secret service examine the belongings of a parishioner at the entrance to the Pechersk Lavra monastic complex in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. Ukraine's counter-intelligence service, police officers and the country's National Guard searched one of the most famous Orthodox Christian sites in the capital, Kyiv, after a priest spoke favorably about Russia – Ukraine's invader – during a service. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by Saint Teresa, participate in the annual Corpus Christi procession organized by the Catholic Association of Bengal, in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) Malaysia's newly appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his wife Wan Azizah wave as they arrive at a gathering in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. Malaysia's king on Thursday named Anwar as the country's prime minister, ending days of uncertainty after the divisive general election produced a hung parliament. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) Archival Photos Frankie Fox and Sharon Palm wear Pilgrim costumes for their Thanksgiving celebrations in 1988. Their community center sponsored a pageant for the kids to help teach them about the first Thanksgiving. RNS archive photo by Hugh Scott. Dennis Banks, second from right, and Bill Wah, center, outspoken Native American activists, explain to reporters why they are walking cross-country from San Francisco to Washington D.C. in March 1978. They planned to end "the longest walk" with 52 other protestors in June or July at the Capitol, where they fought 11 bills pending in Congress that they believe abrogate Indian treaties with the U.S. government. (According to Mr. Banks, 372 of 391 U.S.-Indian treaties have never been honored.) RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society. The Friends World Committee for Consultation appointed a new Executive Secretary in Nov. 1955. Chatting together are Ranjit M. Chetsingh of India, left, the outgoing secretary and Herbert Hadley, of Washington, D.C., newly appointed secretary. RNS archive phot by E.F. Barker. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.

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