The late Benedict Mar Gregorios, Archbishop of Trivandrum in Kerala, chats with Msgr. Ryan in New York. (photo: CNEWA Archives, Graymoor, NY)

While on an inspection tour of the Holy Land in October 1961, Msgr. Ryan was warmly received by King Hussein of Jordan at the Royal Palace in Amman. (photo: CNEWA Archives, Graymoor, NY)

Pope Paul VI and Msgr. Joseph T. Ryan. (photo: CNEWA Archives, Graymoor, NY)

Msgr. Ryan and U.N. officials look on as two blind refugee children finish an arithmetic exercise at the School for the Blind in Gaza. (photo: CNEWA Archives, Graymoor, NY)

Msgr. Ryan with Francis Cardinal Spellman. (photo: CNEWA Archives, Graymoor, NY)