Photos of the Week: Society of St. Pius X, Venezuela earthquake
By Kit Doyle · July 1, 2026
(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo selection includes the traditionalist group Society of St. Pius X ordaining bishops, the devastating twin earthquakes in Venezuela and more.
Newly consecrated bishops, starting second from left, Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry and Marc Hanappier, wearing their miters and holding their pastoral staffs, pray at the end of their consecration ceremony in a tent set up outside the Society of St. Pius X seminary in Econe, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
Faithful gather in front of a tent set up outside the Society of St. Pius X seminary to attend a consecration ceremony for four new bishops in Econe, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
Marc Hanappier, from left, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry, Michael Goldade and Pascal Schreiber pray during their consecration ceremony as bishops in a tent set up outside the Society of St. Pius X seminary, in Econe, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
Mike Ishii and Joe Okimoto, along with other Japanese Americans, leave origami cranes on the fence at the Dilley Family Detention Center on June 27, 2026 in Dilley, Texas. (Brenda Bazán/Texas Tribune)
Jammu and Kashmir Special Operation Group (SOG) personnel take positions during a mock security drill ahead of the annual Hindu pilgrimage to the Amarnath cave shrine in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday June 30, 2026. (AP Photo /Mukhtar Khan)
Hindu holy men sing religious songs as they wait to register ahead of the annual Hindu Amarnath Yatra pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine in Jammu, India, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
A priest prays with rescue workers and volunteers as they try to rescue a person trapped beneath the rubble after earthquakes struck Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
People affected by earthquakes line up to receive humanitarian aid in La Guaira, Venezuela, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Cambodian devotees, right, offer food for Buddhist monks' bowls before the monks return to their temple for lunch in Sre Ampel village, outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tuesday, June 30, 2026, as part of a bi-monthly scheduled ritual to receive blessings and share food with the local pagoda. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
Lebanese Shiites take part in an Ashoura procession amid buildings destroyed by Israeli strikes, when Shiites commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Abdullah Moussa, 30, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, during his funeral in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, June 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Archival Photos
The Roman Catholic Church in Poland moves with the times, despite Communist restrictions. Masses with jazz or pop music accompaniment were winning favor among Polish youths in various parts of the country. In this 1968 photo, a priest celebrates Mass in St. Christopher's Church at an altar facing a young congregation in Warsaw, Poland. Behind him are a popular Polish music group called Red and Blacks. The Mass also included songs inspired by the Psalms. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)
Churchwomen discuss international programs with officials of the United Church Women, a general department of the National Council of Churches, during the UCW's 10th national assembly in Kansas City, Mo., in 1964. Esther Hymer (right) explains features of a special UCW project, "Summer at the Church Center for the United Nations," which she directed. From left to right are Esther Coker, assistant secretary of the United Christian Council of Sierra Leone; Mrs. George B. Martin of Summit, N.J., a vice-president of the UCW, and Rachel Thangabelu, a social worker from India. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)
