Papacy and Religious Leaders

Images depicting religious leaders in ceremonial attire, addressing crowds or engaging with the community, reflecting the significant role of the papacy in modern faith.

Pope Francis (born 1936), Pope since 2013. first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere. Vatican.
Pope Francis (born 1936), Pope since 2013. first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere. Vatican.
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Barcelona, 10/06/2020. Presentation of Xavier Vilanova as the new assistant to Cardinal Juan José Omella. Photo: Inés Baucells. ARCHDC.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Callista Gingrich at the Symposium on Working with Faith-Based Organizations in Vatican City, on October 2, 2019.
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson signs a Call for Peace poster at the Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre memorial site with Mayor Maurizio Verona in Lucca, Italy, on April 10, 2017.
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Madrid, 05/03/2016. Interview with José Aurelio Martín, parish priest of the Basílica de la Concepción. Photo: Maya Balanya ARCHDC.
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11/03/2009. Madrid, 4-11-09.-Businessmen's breakfast with the church; in the image, Rouco Varela with Emilio Botin, Cesar Alierta and Iñigo Oriol.-Photo Ernesto Acute.archdc.
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Pope Francis during his weekly general audience at St. Peter's square. Vatican.
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Cao Dai temple. Caodaist worshippers at ceremony. Meditating followers of the Cao Dai religion. Tan Chau. Vietnam.
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Procession In the Sea. Feast of the Madonna Della Marina. San Benedetto Del Tronto. Marche
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Madrid, 03/03/2020. Press conference of the newly elected president of the Episcopal Conference, Juan José Omella, accompanied by the outgoing president, Ricardo Blázquez and José Gabriel Vera. Photo: Guillermo Navarro. ARCHDC.
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Madrid, 11/24/2011. Interview with the bishop of Solsona, Xavier Novell, the youngest in Spain. Photo: De San Bernardo. ARCHDC.
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Religious leaders from Muslim, Christian, and Jewish faiths led a prayer service and vigil at the Islamic Center of America in opposition to Rev. Terry Jones, the anti-Islamic Florida pastor who burned the Quran; Dearborn, Michigan, USA, America, North America
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo visits the Western Wall and Tunnel with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on March 21, 2019.
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Madrid, 03/17/2017. Press conference by the secretary general of the Episcopal Conference José María Gil Tamayo and Cardinal Ricardo Blázquez. Photo: Ernesto Agudo ARCHDC.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Mrs. Susan Pompeo meet with Greek Orthodox Bishop Elias Audi in Beirut, Lebanon on March 23, 2019.
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo attends the inaugural mass of Dominican President Luis Abinader at the Basilica Cathedral in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on August 16, 2020.
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Participants at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 25, 2018.
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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets with Bishop of the Diocese of Las Cruces, NM and chair of the Committee on International Justice and Peace of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Oscar Cant� at the U.S. Department of State on March 23, 2017.
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Second day of the conclave: Vatican City, May 8, 2025. Faithful gather in St. Peter's Square after the new pope is known.
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Posters of Popes Benedict XVI and Pope John Paul II in a souvenir shop, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Mrs. Susan Pompeo meet with Greek Orthodox Bishop Elias Audi in Beirut, Lebanon on March 23, 2019.
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Nunavut, Canada. 29th July, 2022. Pope Francis attends a meeting with Inuit people in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, on July 29, 2022. Pope Francis flew to the Canadian Arctic to meet Inuit survivors of Catholic-run schools where Indigenous children were abused over a span of decades, in the final stop of a landmark tour apologizing for the Church's role. Photo by Vatican Media /ABACAPRESS.COM Credit: Abaca Press/Alamy Live News
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Madrid, 12/14/2022, Interview with the Secretary General of the Spanish Episcopal Agency, Bishop Francisco César García Magán. Photo: De San Bernardo. ARCHDC.
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Awkward tenderness moments, during an official visit of the Holy Father: a woman poses her little child in Pope John Paul II' s arms, but the baby suddenly starts crying. Republic of Cªte d'Ivoire (Africa), 1980.
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Expedition 55 flight engineer Ricky Arnold of NASA, left, Soyuz Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos, center, and flight engineer Drew Feustel, right, of NASA receive a blessing from a Russian Orthodox Priest at the Cosmonaut Hotel prior to departing the hotel for launch on a Soyuz rocket, Wednesday, March 21, 2018 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Arnold, Artemyev, and Feustel will launch in their Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft to the International Space Station to begin a five month mission.
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Pilgrim at World Youth Day . Madrid. Spain.
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Greek Archbishop Elpidophoros, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on September 24, 2020.
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African Catholic Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo calls for priests to be allowed to marry
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U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback, Archbishop Mor Nicodemus, and Nadia Murad listen as Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan delivers remarks at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 25, 2018.
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Stamped stamps from the Vatican, John Paul II, Karol Jozef Wojtyla, with the papal coat of arms, joint issue with Poland from 2004, Vatican, Italy, Europe
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 18, 2019.
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Madrid, 11/07/2024. Interview with Luis Argüello, president of the Episcopal Conference. Photo: Ignacio Gil Archdc.
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Events at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 16-18, 2019.
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Speakers address participants at a general session on Different Faiths Advancing Religious Freedom Together at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 17, 2019.
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Woman talking from the pulpit, during church service, mining town of Lota, Chile, South America
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Vice President Pence delivers remarks at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom on July 26, 2018 at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C.
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Madrid, 03/03/2020. Press conference of the newly elected president of the Episcopal Conference, Juan José Omella, accompanied by the outgoing president, Ricardo Blázquez and José Gabriel Vera. Photo: Guillermo Navarro. ARCHDC.
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Former Congressman Frank R. Wolf gives remarks during the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 24, 2018.
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Vice President Pence delivers remarks at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom on July 26, 2018 at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C.
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A speaker at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom held at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 17, 2019.
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Art Culture Politics 22 08 2024 Potsdam State Capital Brandenburg Garrison Church Potsdam Chapel of the Cross of Nails Ceremony on the Occasion of the Opening of the Garrison Church Potsdam Tower with Federal President FR
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A speaker addresses participants at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom held at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 17, 2019.