Photos of the Week: Saint Cajetan, Nagasaki remembrance
By Jessi Dodge · August 9, 2024
(RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes Argentina's Saint Cajetan Protest, a Nagasaki remembrance and more.
A person riding a bicycle in front of the presidential office holds a poster that reads in Spanish: "Out with Milei and his sister" after a march from San Cayetano church to downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Protesters gather in Plaza de Mayo square after marching from San Cayetano church to downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. Marchers protested for work opportunities on the feast day of St. Cajetan, known as the patron of the unemployed. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
A priest blesses a pilgrim outside San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires, Argentina, before sunrise Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. Known as the patron saint of the unemployed, Catholics visit the church on the Italian Saint's feast day to pray for prosperity and work. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel offers prayers during an annual ceremony at Zojoji temple to honor the Nagasaki atomic bombing victims, with Israeli and British counterparts, in Tokyo, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
Tennessee Titans cornerback L'Jarius Sneed, bottom center, leads the cornerbacks and safeties in a prayer after a NFL football training camp practice Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. Sneed did not participate in practice. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
Faithful greet a van carrying the relics of St. Jude Thaddeus upon their arrival to the church of San Cristobal Martir as part of a nationwide tour in San Cristobal Texcalucan, Mexico, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
People line up on a stage to hug Mata Amritanandamayi, or Amma, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, at Javits Convention Center in New York, New York. After meeting Amma, popularly known as "the hugging saint," people were invited to sit and reflect on the experience, foreground. (RNS photo/Richa Karmarkar)
A woman mourns near the grave of her relative at a graveyard during the Diwaso festival in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. Members of the Devipujak community gather at graveyards to mourn and offer gifts to deceased relatives during this annual festival. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Mourners pray for Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank village of Aqaaba, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Participants race their 'Ikka', or a horse driven cart, during a traditional race in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. The race is held every Monday of the Hindu calendar month of Saawan, a month that coincides with the monsoon season. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Indian Hindu devotees offer prayers before a row of Shivlings, idols symbolic of Hindu god Shiva, at a temple on the Third Day of Sawan Somvar, in Prayagraj, India, Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Archival Photos
Pastor David P. Wasgatt of Grace Lutheran Church in Newport, Del., set up this 11th commandment on the site where a new church will be built. He apparently has put the fear of God into would-be dumpers, for the site remains uncluttered. RNS photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
A crowd outside a Pittsburgh hotel where President Ford was addressing a transportation conference holds signs protesting his decision to grant a pardon to former President Richard Nixon for any crimes he may have committed while Chief Executive. RNS photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
