Religious Freedom Gatherings

Gatherings of diverse religious leaders and officials participating in discussions and ceremonies around religious freedom and cooperation.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II, in Tbilisi, Georgia, on November 18, 2020.
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II, in Tbilisi, Georgia, on November 18, 2020.
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Inauguration of the Synagogue Center in Potsdam Berlin, 04 07 2024 Berlin Germany
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Capt. Michael Fontaine, Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo, hands out fuku mochi good luck rice cakes during a Toka Ebisu festival at Kameyama Hachimangu shrine in Sasebo, Japan Jan. 10, 2024. The festival is held each year on the 10th of January for members of the community to pray for safety and prosperity for themselves, their families, and businesses in the new year.
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Visit of members of a Good-Will Mission from Dahomey, Africa, 4:45PM. President John F. Kennedy visits with members of a goodwill mission from Dahomey; the mission presented gifts to President Kennedy on behalf of President of Dahomey, Hubert Maga. Ambassador of Dahomey and Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Louis Ignacio-Pinto, stands at far right. Members of the mission include: Minister of State for Civil Service of Dahomey, Oke Assogba; Minister of Education and Culture of Dahomey, Michel Ahouanmenou; Deputy to the National Assembly of Dahomey, Issaka Dangou. Gifts pictured: brass sculpture of a royal procession and a wall hanging (draped over chair in foreground). Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. See also MO 63.4075.1, Applique Wall Hanging
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Photograph, from coverage of Secretary Gale Norton's visit to the Santa Barbara Mission, Santa Barbara, California, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on the Norton tenure
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks at the Symposium on Working with Faith-Based Organizations in Vatican City, on October 2, 2019.
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A man praying
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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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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, 110 people from 36 countries wave their American flags after taking the Oath of Allegiance to become American citizens. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' Acting Southeast Regional Director Rosemary Langley Melville administered the oath in the complex's Rocket Garden in honor of the upcoming Independence Day holiday. This was the first naturalization ceremony hosted by a NASA facility. An estimated 3,800 candidates will become citizens at 55 special ceremonies, including the one at Kennedy, held across the country and around the world July 1-6.
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Seville, 08/28/2023. Offering from Sevilla FC to the Patron Saint. Photo: Manuel Gómez. Archsev.
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Easter Vigil Paris. France.
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Aufnahme des Schriftzugs und Logos des Cairo Summit for Peace in Kairo, 21.10.2023
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Prayer in Saint-Eustache church Paris. France.
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Juana Albornoz, chaplain at the Government Palace, Santiago de Chile, Chile, South America
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Capt. Michael Fontaine, Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo, hands out fuku mochi good luck rice cakes during a Toka Ebisu festival at Kameyama Hachimangu shrine in Sasebo, Japan Jan. 10, 2024. The festival is held each year on the 10th of January for members of the community to pray for safety and prosperity for themselves, their families, and businesses in the new year.
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers closing remarks with Ambassador Brownback 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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His Holiness Pope Francis speaks to a joint session of the United States Congress
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Kunst Kultur Religion Politik Denkmalschutz Spenden 04.10.2024 Potsdam Landeshauptstadt Brandenburg Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin Brandenburg Turmbau zu Potsdam Die durch eine Spendenkampagne ermöglichte Restaurierung der Campanile der Friedenskirche im Park Sanssouci ist abgeschlossen Klara Geywitz Bundesministerin für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung und Bauwesen Potsdam Brandenurg GER *** Art Culture Religion Politics Monument protection Donations 04 10 2024 Potsdam State Capital Brandenburg Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin Brandenburg Tower of Potsdam The restoration of the campanile of the Church of Peace in Sanssouci Park, made possible by a fundraising campaign, has been completed Klara Geywitz Fede
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Dedication of new memorial at the African Burial Ground National Monument in New York City, New York, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne delivered the keynote address and spoke with National Park Service staff and other attendees. The permanent memorial, constructed to honor the memories of the free and enslaved Africans bured at the original seven-acre Lower Manhattan site in the 17th and 18th Centuries, was opened to the public for the first time.
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Zen buddhist master and tenzo (cook) during a sesshin (retreat) at Orval Trappist abbey, Belgium.
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Madrid, 06/24/2021. The secretary general of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE), Mons. Luis Argüello, will report tomorrow at a press conference on the work of the Permanent Commission. Photo: Isabel Permuy. ARCHDC.
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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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Secretary Michael R. Pompeo 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 address the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom held at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 16-18, 2019.
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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 17, 2019.
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers a speech on �Moral Witness and Religious Freedom� at the Holy See Symposium on Advancing and Defending Religious Freedom through Diplomacy, in Rome, Italy on September 30, 2020.
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Secretary Pompeo meets with Uzbekistan religious leaders on religious freedom, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on February 2, 2020.
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Giselher Quast Protestant clergyman cathedral preacher in Magdeburg Cathedral St. Mauritius and Katharina, Giselher Quast Protestant clergyman cathedral preacher in Magdeburg Cathedral St. Mauritius and Katharina
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U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo gives remarks at Christians United for Israel Summit (CUFI) at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on July 8, 2019.
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Washington, DC, Immigration reform activists participate in a Fast for Families, a hunger strike aimed at pressuring the U.S. House of Representatives to vote on immigration reform legislation. The hunger strikers are in a tent on the Mall near the U.S. capitol. Brother Juan Turios of the Franciscan Action Network speaks to hunger strikers and supporters during their daily meeting.
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Secretary Gale Norton speaking at ceremony, at Old North Church in Boston, Massachusetts, marking the announcement of a Save America's Treasures Historic Preservation grant for the Church. Photograph was selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on the Norton tenure
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Handover of the AMEMUS bell after unveiling to the Magdeburg Cathedral Bells Association on 30 October 2022 in Magdeburg Cathedral, Handover of the AMEMUS bell after unveiling to the Magdeburg Cathedral Bells Association on October 30, 2022 in Magdeburg Cathedral
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Giselher Quast Protestant clergyman cathedral preacher in Magdeburg Cathedral St. Mauritius and Katharina, Giselher Quast Protestant clergyman cathedral preacher in Magdeburg Cathedral St. Mauritius and Katharina
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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken visits the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine to the Holy Family with Archbishop Borys Gudziak and Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2022.
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AfD Politiker Tino Chrupalla besucht den Gedenkplatz am Westportal der Johanniskirche Magdeburg am 21.12.2024 *** AFD Politicians Tino Chrupalla visits the Memorial Square on West Portal the St. John s Church Magdeburg on 21 12 2024 1089915297
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AfD Politiker Tino Chrupalla besucht den Gedenkplatz am Westportal der Johanniskirche Magdeburg am 21.12.2024 *** AFD Politicians Tino Chrupalla visits the Memorial Square on West Portal the St. John s Church Magdeburg on 21 12 2024 1089915296
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AfD Politiker Tino Chrupalla besucht den Gedenkplatz am Westportal der Johanniskirche Magdeburg am 21.12.2024 *** AFD Politicians Tino Chrupalla visits the Memorial Square on West Portal the St. John s Church Magdeburg on 21 12 2024 1089915295
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USAID Administrator Mark Green speaks at at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom held at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on July 16, 2019.
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US Ambassador at large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback delivers remarks at 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 Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff participate in the White House Passover Seder, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House.
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Attendees look on as Rabbi Randy Brown speaks during the Jewish Passover Model Seder at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) on March 23 to celebrate the beginning of Passover, which starts at sundown on April 5.The Seder, a festive meal celebrated by Jews around the world led by Rabbi Brown and Cantor Arianne Brown, included blessings, rituals, commentaries, and songs, where Rabbi Brown led attendees through the Haggadah. the holy book used during the Seder to recount the Israelites exodus from Egypt. U.S. Navy Chaplain (Capt.) Chris Hester led a prayer about liberty and redemption. Attendees enjoyed food and music while also sharing what freedom meant to them, and how thankful they were to build community.(Photographs by Harvey A. Duze, Office of Command Communications, WRNMMC)
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Mass funeral for Corona Virus Pandemic victims in Northern Italy. March 2020