Religious News Service Photographs

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Conceived by journalist Louis Minsky (1909-1957), Religious News Service (RNS) was established in 1934 as an affiliated but independently managed agency of the National Conference of Jews and Christians (later the National Conference of Christians and Jews), and was dedicated to providing authoritative and bias-free news about religion and ethics to both the secular and religious press. This collection contains photographs documenting Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox, and Jewish groups. Coverage of Protestants (especially mainline Protestants) and Catholics constitutes the bulk of the images. View the collection guide to learn more. Digitization of some of the images in this collection made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Featured image: Father James Groppi, the civil rights activist priest from Milwaukee, and militant leader Rennie Davis are taken into custody during an anti war demonstration a block from the White House.

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Disagreement over ordinations.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-46112 DISAGREEMENT OVER ORDINATIONS A Jesuit theologian said that an article he wrote in 1966 was recently “misinterpreted" by an Episcopal bishop who cited it as support for invalidating the ordinations of 11 women deacons. Father Frans Josef van Beeck, S.J. (left), associate professor of systematic theology at Boson College, said that Episcopal Bishop Arthur A. Vogel of West Missouri (right) had not drawn the proper conclusions from his 1966 article. In his report to the Episcopal House of Bishops in August, which voted to declare the women’s ordinations invalid, Bishop Vogel said that, based on Father van Beeck’s article, “validity (of ordination) means ecclesiastical recognition." The Jesuit said that it was “obvious" that Bishop Vogel attributed “much more substance" to his definition of validity than he himself had intended for it to have, and that the “warranted" conclusion from the article would be that the women’s ordinations “was irregular, but not invalid in the traditional sense." Bishop Vogel has not replied that it remains his belief that he did not misinterpret Father van Beeck. “More importantly," he continued, “neither my advisement nor the action of the House of Bishops depended in any positive way on the theological position of Father van Beeck." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A/R-10B-74-DS)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Beeck, Frans Jozef van., Boston College. Theology Department--Faculty., Jesuits., Catholic Church--Clergy., Vogel, Arthur A., 1924-2012., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Episcopal Church. Diocese of West Missouri., Episcopal Church. House of Bishops.
Topics:
Clergy--Appointment, call, and election., Ordination--Episcopal Church., Church controversies--Episcopal Church., Women in the Episcopal Church--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361539
Title:
Pope's delegate tells U.S. Jews: Dialogue a Necessity, no 'luxury'
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher), Johnston, Robert L. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jadot, Jean, 1909-2009., Yaseen, Leonard C., 1912-, AJC Jewish Communal Affairs Commission., Tanenbaum, Marc H., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Judaism--Relations--Christianity., Christianity and other religions--Judaism., Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361442
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Honduran Catholic bishop fears 'false reports' will reduce aid.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher), Johnston, Robert L. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Maciá, Jaime Brufau., Catholic Church--Bishops., Vincentians., Graziano, Lorenzo Michele Joseph., Franciscans.
Topics:
Hurricane damage--Honduras--San Pedro Sula., Disaster relief--Honduras--San Pedro Sula., Visits of state--New York (State)--New York., Hurricanes--Honduras--San Pedro Sula.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), San Pedro Sula (Honduras)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361388
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Korean president's wife slain.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-45912 KOREAN PRESIDENT’S WIFE SLAIN SEOUL -- The wife of South Korean President Park Chung Hee was fatally wounded here by a gunman who attempted to assassinate her husband. Mrs. Park, 49, died in a Seoul hospital on Aug. 15 several hours after she was shot in the head during a national observance of Korean independence from Japan. The murder of Mrs. Park was viewed here not only a personal tragedy for South Korea’s First Family but also as highly unfortunate for the growing human rights movement, which includes many Christians, opposed to the Park government, a military-backed regime. President Park was not injured in the attack. He apparently ducked a first bullet fired when a lone gunman ran up to the platform where the president was speaking in Seoul’s National Theater. A second bullet struck Mrs. Park, who sat behind her husband. The assailant was captured. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (R-8C-74-DS)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Park, Chung Hee, 1914-1979., Yuk, Yŏng-su, 1925-1974., Yuk, Yŏng-su, 1925-1974--Assassination., Kungnip Kŭkchang (Korea)
Topics:
Assassination--Korea (South)--Seoul., Attempted assassination--Korea (South)--Seoul., Presidents--Korea (South), Presidents' spouses--Korea (South), Presidents--Assassination attempts--Korea (South)
Geographic subjects:
Seoul (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361235
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Melkite archbishop resigns.
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Text transcribed from caption: C-46054 MELKITE ARCHBISHOP RESIGNS HAIFA, Israel -- Melkite Catholic Archbishop Joseph Raya of Akka (Galilee) has announced his resignation as spiritual head of some 40,000 Melkites in northern Israel. He said his resignation was in protest against what he called “interference in the archdiocese by his Patriarch in Beirut, Lebanon -- Maximos V Hakim -- and by Pope Paul. The 57-year-old Lebanese-born prelate, a United States citizen, said he intended to return to the U.S. to go into seclusion to think and pray. He came to Israel from Birmingham, Ala., in December 1968. The unexpected decision to resign followed earlier statements by Archbishop Raya that Jerusalem should be recognized as Israeli -- and not “international” -- and his expressed support of Israeli authorities in the prosecution of Melkite Catholic Archbishop Ilarion Capucci of Jerusalem on charges of smuggling arms and explosives to Palestinian guerrillas. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (R-9D-74-DS)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Raya, Joseph, 1916-2005., Catholic Church--Byzantine rite, Melchite--Bishops., Kabūshī, Īlāryūn, 1922-2017--Trials, litigation, etc.
Topics:
Bishops--Israel--Haifa., Christianity and politics--Catholic Church., Christianity and politics--Israel., Arab-Israeli conflict., Nationalism--Israel.
Geographic subjects:
Haifa (Israel), Galilee (Israel)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361211
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Passing the gavel.
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Text transcribed from caption: P-45707 PASSING THE GAVEL LOUISVILLE -- Dr. Charles E.S. Kraemer (right) hands over the moderator’s gavel to Dr. Lawrence W. Bottoms, the first black person ever to be elected moderator of the 900,000-member Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern). Dr. Bottoms, 66, the pastor of the predominantly white Oakhurst Presbyterian Church in Decatur, Ga., won a first-ballot victory at the denomination’s 114th General Assembly in Louisville to succeed Dr. Kraemer as moderator. Dr. Bottoms had already set two other precedents in the 113-year-old PCUS, when he served as the first black moderator of the Louisville Presbytery and the first black moderator of any PCUS synod (Kentucky) -- both in 1963. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-LOU-6C-74-DS)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kraemer, Charles E.S., Bottoms, Lawrence., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Clergy., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly--Congresses., Presbyterian Church in the U.S. General Assembly.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Kentucky--Louisville., Clergy--Kentucky--Louisville., African American clergy--Kentucky--Louisville., African American Presbyterians--Kentucky--Louisville., Christian leadership--Presbyterian Church.
Geographic subjects:
Louisville (Ky.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360877
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Rome's great basilicas.
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Text transcribed from caption: C-45713 ROME’S GREAT BASILICAS -- HOLY YEAR SHRINES (Fourth of a Series) ROME -- Inside the Basilica of St. Paul’s-Outside-the-Walls, Corinthian columns support a procession of arches moving toward the apse. In contrast to the relatively simple exterior, the interior displays iridescent and striking mosaic decoration -- adapted from the Romans -- along the nave walls, on the “triumphal arch” leading into the apse, and on the apse itself. These mosaics are remnants saved from the fire which destroyed the old basilica and range in age from antiquity to the Middle Ages. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (R-7B-74-DS)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., San Paolo fuori le mura (Church : Rome, Italy), Catholic Church--Buildings.
Topics:
Church buildings--Italy--Rome., Church architecture--Italy--Rome., Neoclassicism (Architecture)--Italy--Rome., Architecture--Details--Italy--Rome., Church decoration and ornament--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360851
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Palestinian refugees.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 45867 PALESTINIAN REFUGEES SCENE IN UNWRA CAMP IN EAST JORDAN
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.
Topics:
Refugees--Jordan., Refugee camps--Jordan., Palestinian Arabs--Jordan., Tents--Jordan.
Geographic subjects:
Jordan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360839
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Honored for 25 years' service with Federal Council.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: HONORED FOR 25 YEARS’ SERVICE WITH FEDERAL COUNCIL #S-4929 NEW YORK -- Dr. George E. Haynes (left), retiring executive secretary of the department of race relations of the Federal Council of Churches, is honored at a testimonial luncheon here in recognition of his 25 years’ service with the department. Mrs. Leslie E. Swain, chairman of the department, presents Dr. Haynes with a gold watch while Dr. Samuel McCrea Cavert, general secretary of the Federal Council, looks on. Dr. Haynes will shortly leave for an eight-months’ trip to Africa for the World’s Committee of the YMCA. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-NY-BS-12D-6-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Haynes, George Edmund, 1880-1960., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Department of Race Relations., Swain, Anna Canada., Cavert, Samuel McCrea, 1888-1976.
Topics:
Retirement--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)--New York., African American clergy--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360585
Title:
Honor Nobel Prize winner.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: HONOR NOBEL PRIZE WINNER #S-4925 NEW YORK -- Exclusive photo of Dr. John Raleigh Mott (right), 81, internationally-famous churchman, seated at dais table during a testimonial dinner given here in his honor. Dr. Mott recently was the recipient of a 1946 Nobel Peace Prize. Talking to the guest of honor is John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The testimonial was sponsored by the Federal Council of Churches, the Foreign Missions Conference, the International Missionary Council, the World Council of Churches, the World’s Student Christian Federation and YMCA. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-NY-BS-12D-6-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mott, John R. (John Raleigh), 1865-1955., Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Foreign Missions Conference of North America., International Missionary Council., World Council of Churches., World's Student Christian Federation., National Board of the Young Men’s Christian Associations.
Topics:
Nobel Prize winners--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Dinners and dining--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360584
Title:
Honor Nobel Prize winner.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: HONOR NOBEL PRIZE WINNER #S-4925 NEW YORK -- Exclusive photo of Dr. John Raleigh Mott (right), 81, internationally-famous churchman, seated at dais table during a testimonial dinner given here in his honor. Dr. Mott recently was the recipient of a 1946 Nobel Peace Prize. Talking to the guest of honor is John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The testimonial was sponsored by the Federal Council of Churches, the Foreign Missions Conference, the International Missionary Council, the World Council of Churches, the World’s Student Christian Federation and YMCA. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-NY-BS-12D-6-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mott, John R. (John Raleigh), 1865-1955., Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America., Foreign Missions Conference of North America., International Missionary Council., World Council of Churches., World's Student Christian Federation., National Board of the Young Men’s Christian Associations.
Topics:
Nobel Prize winners--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Dinners and dining--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360583
Title:
Missionaries honored at mass meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: MISSIONARIES HONORED AT MASS MEETING #S-4919 OAKLAND, Calif. -- Nine hundred missionaries returning to the Far East were honored at this gigantic mass meeting in the Oakland Auditorium. Principal speaker was Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, of St. Louis. The record number of missionaries will take up posts in China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and India. They are going abroad under the auspices of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LW-OAK-CAL-MES-12-C-6-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Congresses., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topics:
Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--California--Oakland., Missionaries--Oakland--California., Missions--Asia.
Geographic subjects:
Oakland (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360582
Title:
Missionaries honored at mass meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: MISSIONARIES HONORED AT MASS MEETING #S-4919 OAKLAND, Calif. -- Nine hundred missionaries returning to the Far East were honored at this gigantic mass meeting in the Oakland Auditorium. Principal speaker was Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, of St. Louis. The record number of missionaries will take up posts in China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and India. They are going abroad under the auspices of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LW-OAK-CAL-MES-12-C-6-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Congresses., Foreign Missions Conference of North America.
Topics:
Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--California--Oakland., Missionaries--Oakland--California., Missions--Asia.
Geographic subjects:
Oakland (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360581
Title:
Missionaries honored at mass meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: MISSIONARIES HONORED AT MASS MEETING #S-4919 OAKLAND, Calif. -- Nine hundred missionaries returning to the Far East were honored at this gigantic mass meeting in the Oakland Auditorium. Principal speaker was Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, of St. Louis. The record number of missionaries will take up posts in China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and India. They are going abroad under the auspices of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LW-OAK-CAL-MES-12-C-6-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Congresses., Foreign Missions Conference of North America., Johnson, C. Oscar.
Topics:
Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--California--Oakland., Missionaries--Oakland--California., Missions--Asia., Clergy--California--Oakland.
Geographic subjects:
Oakland (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360580
Title:
Missionaries honored at mass meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: MISSIONARIES HONORED AT MASS MEETING #S-4919 OAKLAND, Calif. -- Nine hundred missionaries returning to the Far East were honored at this gigantic mass meeting in the Oakland Auditorium. Principal speaker was Dr. C. Oscar Johnson, of St. Louis. The record number of missionaries will take up posts in China, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and India. They are going abroad under the auspices of the Foreign Missions Conference of North America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LW-OAK-CAL-MES-12-C-6-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Foreign Missions Conference of North America--Congresses., Foreign Missions Conference of North America., Johnson, C. Oscar.
Topics:
Missions--Congresses., Congresses and conventions--California--Oakland., Missionaries--Oakland--California., Missions--Asia., Clergy--California--Oakland.
Geographic subjects:
Oakland (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360579
Title:
Else Bremer Niemoeller.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: ELSE BREMER NIEMOELLER #S-4894 SEATTLE, Wash. -- Exclusive photo of the wife of Pastor Martin Niemoeller while they attended the biennial convention of the Federal Council of Churches here. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-SEA-BS-12B-6-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Niemöller, Else, 1890-1961., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Congresses.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Washington--Seattle., Spouses of clergy--Washington--Seattle.
Geographic subjects:
Seattle (Wa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360576
Title:
Attend Christian student council meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: S-4689 ATTEND CHRISTIAN STUDENT COUNCIL MEETING RACINE, Wis. -- Delegates of the United Student Christian Council enter DeKoven Foundation here to participate in the organization’s third annual meeting. Nearly 100 students representing national student Christian movements throughout the country attended. The USCC is composed of 15 denominational and associated student groups and is affiliated with the World’s Student Christian Federation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JT-RAC-BS-10D6-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., DeKoven Center (Racine, Wis.), United Student Christian Council--Congresses., United Student Christian Council., World’s Student Christian Federation.
Topics:
Youth in church work--United States., Youth in church work--Societies, etc., Students--Societies, etc., Congresses and conventions--Wisconsin--Racine., Students--Wisconsin--Racine.
Geographic subjects:
Racine (Wis.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360553
Title:
Archbishop of Bombay.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: ARCHBISHOP OF BOMBAY #C-4850 NEW YORK -- The Most Rev. Thomas D. Roberts, Archbishop of Bombay, India, posed for this exclusive Religious News Service photo during his current visit in the United States. Member of the Jesuit Order, Archbishop Roberts is the only English Catholic prelate in India. In an interview he revealed that Indian Catholics and Protestants are cooperating on a plan of action to ensure religious liberty for Christians in the midst of the political and religious strife now raging there. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-NY-BS-11D-6-C)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Jesuits., Roberts, Thomas D'Esterre.
Topics:
Bishops--New York (State)--New York., Interdenominational cooperation--India., Freedom of religion--India.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), India--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360528
Title:
Bishop Modrego.
Description:
Text transcribed from notations on envelope: C4675A L to R Bishop. Gregorio Modrego y Casus of Barcelona being greeted by his host Father Pablo Ramis pastor of St. Peters Church Brooklyn.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Modrego Casaus, Gregorio., Catholic Church--Bishops., Ramis, Pablo., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Bishops--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360518
Title:
Bishop of Barcelona.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #C-4675 BISHOP OF BARCELONA BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- The Most Rev. Gregorio Modrego y Casaus, Bishop of Barcelona, Spain, arrived in the United states for a two weeks stay during which time he was scheduled to attend the eighth annual congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, in Boston beginning Oct. 25. The bishop was photographed at the rectory of St. Peter’s Church here, where he was the guest of the Rev. Pablo Ramis, C.M. The church conducts a mission chapel for Spanish Catholics. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-BKLYN-BS-10D6-C)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Modrego Casaus, Gregorio., Catholic Church--Bishops., Confraternity of Christian Doctrine--Congresses.
Topics:
Bishops--New York (State)--New York., Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360517

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