1973 Press Photo Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty greeted at Kennedy airport

Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty is greeted at New York's Kennedy Airport Friday evening for his first visit to the United States since 1947. Some 400 Hungarian-Americans welcomed the 81-year-old cardinal who accepted exile from Hungary two years ago. On Saturday he will dedicate the newly renovated Hungarian National Church of St. Ladislus in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Photo is dated 1973.

Photo measures 8 x 10.5 inches.