Photos of the Week: Chilean crucifix; one of world’s oldest Bibles
By Roxanne Stone · May 19, 2023
(RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes a Chilean crucifix procession, sale of one of the oldest surviving biblical manuscripts and more.
Members of the Tibetan Women's Association hold portraits of the 11th Panchen Lama, Gendhun Choekyi Nyima, as they participate in a protest demanding his release, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May, 17, 2023. The boy lama, who is the second highest religious leader in Tibetan Buddhist hierarchy, went missing shortly after his recognition by the Dalai Lama in 1995 and has not been seen since. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Sotheby's unveils the Codex Sassoon for auction, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023, in the Manhattan borough of New York. The 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible that is one of the oldest surviving biblical manuscripts sold for $38.1 million, which includes the auction house's fee, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Sotheby's unveils the Codex Sassoon for auction, Feb. 15, 2023, in the Manhattan borough of New York. The 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible, which is one of the oldest surviving biblical manuscripts, sold for $38.1 million, which includes the auction house's fee, on May 17, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
People protest with signs, the center one reading in Spanish "Priests are rapists all over the world, not just in Bolivia," outside the Bolivian Archbishopric office in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, May 19, 2023. Milton Murillo, a Bolivian priest, was remanded in custody on suspicion of abusing seminarians a decade ago after news broke of what has turned out to be the largest pedophilia scandal in the Andean country’s history. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Marion Van Reeth leaves Manhattan federal court after making a victim statement at the sentencing of convicted Islamic extremist Sayfullo Saipov, Wednesday May 17, 2023, in New York. Saipov carried out an attack on Halloween in 2017 when he ran his rented truck onto a bike path in lower Manhattan killing eight people and injuring others, including Reeth, who lost her legs in the attack. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Faithful take part in the Christ of May procession, inside the San Agustin Catholic church, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, May 13, 2023. After Santiago's 1647 earthquake, the church was devastated and only the crucifix of Christ remained intact. An annual procession occurs on May 13, as devotees believe parading the relic through the city center will protect them from future calamities. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A veiled woman prays as she takes part in the Christ of May procession, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, May 13, 2023. After Santiago's 1647 earthquake, the San Agustin Catholic church was devastated and only the crucifix of Christ remained intact. An annual procession by parishioners occurs on May 13, as devotees believe parading the relic through the city center will protect them from future calamities. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Pastor Les Robinson interacts with members of the congregation at The Sanctuary Church Sunday, May 14, 2023, in Santa Clarita, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Vatican Museum restorer Alice Baltera works on the bronze Hercules statue, in the Round Hall of the Vatican Museums, Thursday, May 11, 2023. Work will continue until December to reveal the 4-meter- (13-foot-) tall Hercules, believed to have stood in ancient Rome’s Pompey Theater, to its original golden sheen. The discovery of the gilded bronze in 1864 during work on a banker’s villa near Piazza dei Fiori made global headlines. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Archival Photos
American evangelist Billy Graham addresses some 20,000 persons in Honolulu Stadium on March 14, 1956, in Honolulu, Hawaii. It was his only public rally in Hawaii. In response to his invitation to "make decisions for Christ," an estimated 2,000 attendees marched to the pulpit. Graham came to Honolulu on his way home from an eight-week tour of India, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Formosa, Tokyo and Korea. RNS archive photo by Ella Chun. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
Father Daniel Berrigan, S.J. (right), an anti-war activist, heads a group of demonstrators as they stage a "Thou Shalt Not Bomb" protest outside St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City in 1973. The group conducted a fast and vigil opposing bombing of Cambodia and imprisonment of civilians in South Vietnam. Others are, from left: Mobi Warren, Marion Shintel, Merle Ratner and Father Kenneth Keulman of the Merton Life Center, New York. RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
