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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Fellowship of Christian athletes.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-31717 FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES Major league baseball’s growing contingent of members of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes includes this quintet of newsmakers. Among them is Bobby Richardson, New York, Yankees’ second baseman, top right, who set a World Series record of 13 hits in 7 games. At top left is Don Demeter, slugging outfielder of the Detroit Tigers. Others are Dave Wickersham, the Tigers’ 19-game winning pitcher, left, and Vernon Law, Pittsburgh Pirates hurler, right in second row; and below right is Branch Rickey, venerable and controversial adviser to the world champion St. Louis Cardinals. All of them address church groups, giving talks on witness to Christ in professional fields and daily life. Mr. Rickey has hailed the Fellowship of Christian Athletes for “daily witness” in the sharp spotlight of notoriety. “If such forthright testimonies can be found in the tough, competitive world of professional athletics,” he said, “it should be clear that Jesus Christ has something to offer everybody -- everywhere!” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-NY-10C-64-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Fellowship of Christian Athletes., Richardson, Bobby., New York Yankees (Baseball team), Demeter, Don., Detroit Tigers (Baseball team), Wickersham, Dave., Law, Vernon, 1930-, Pittsburgh Pirates (Baseball team), Branch, Rickey, 1881-1965., St. Louis Cardinals (Baseball team)
Topics:
Baseball players--United States., Christian athletes--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356668
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Christmas in the Holy Land.
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Text transcribed from caption: C-31914 CHRISTMAS IN THE HOLY LAND JERUSALEM -- During the Christmas season Christian pilgrims of many nationalities make special visits to pray at the Holy Places in Israel and Jordan associated with the life and death of Christ. Scenes like this will be duplicated this Christmas as Catholics and other Christians observe the birth of Christ. Photo shows interior of the Benedictine Abbey of the Dormition on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. The church’s crypt has a monument marking the site where, according to tradition, the Blessed Virgin “fell asleep” and was assumed into heaven. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-12B-64-NAB)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Dormition Abbey (Jerusalem), Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Art., Jesus Christ--Art., Catholic Church--Liturgy.
Topics:
Mass., Christmas service--Jerusalem., Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Israel.
Geographic subjects:
Zion, Mount (Jerusalem), Israel.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356590
Title:
Truman Douglas.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Douglas, Truman.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356515
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Soviet Baptist leader honored.
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Text transcribed from caption: P-31995 SOVIET BAPTIST LEADER HONORED MOSCOW -- Co-workers of the Rev. A.V. Karev honored the general secretary of the All-Union Council of Evangelical Christians (Baptist) at services in the Moscow Baptist church as he reached his 70th birthday. The occasion also marked the 50th anniversary of his baptism and the approaching 50th anniversary in March of his service as a Baptist minister. The churchman is prominent in the Baptist World Alliance and ecumenical organizations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GS-BN-1B-65-NBM)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Karev, Aleksander Vasiliovich., Vsesoi︠u︡znyĭ sovet evangelʹskikh khristian-baptistov (Soviet Union), Vsesoi︠u︡znyĭ sovet evangelʹskikh khristian-baptistov (Soviet Union)--Clergy.
Topics:
Clergy--Russia--Moscow., Baptists--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
Moscow (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355894
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Malcolm X predicts race violence.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-30722 MALCOLM X PREDICTS RACE VIOLENCE NEW YORK -- "More violence on the racial scene in 1964 than Americans have ever witnessed" was predicted in New York by Malcolm X, militant black nationalist who broke with the Black Muslim movement headed by Elijah Muhammad to form his own organization, Muslim Mosque, Inc. Though personally continuing to espouse the teachings of Muhammad, he said, the new group would be politically oriented and would seek support among the nation's non-Muslim Negroes and any others willing to follow the black nationalist banner. "White people will be shocked when they discover that the passive little Negro they had known turns out to be a roaring lion." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-3B-64-NBM)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., X, Malcolm, 1925-1965., Muslim Mosque, Inc.
Topics:
Black Muslims--United States., Black nationalism--United States., Muslims--United States., Race relations--Religious aspects--Islam.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), United States--Race relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353873
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New York students boycott schools.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30564 NEW YORK STUDENTS BOYCOTT SCHOOLS NEW YORK -- Schools throughout the New York metropolitan area where civil rights groups have charged the existence of racial imbalance were picketed by students who braved icy winds during a one-day boycott. Here, Negro, Puerto Rican and white students march in front of Seward Park High School on the city's lower east side. Of the 464,361 students who stayed away from classes -- 44.8 percent of the system's total enrollment -- it was estimated that some 360,000 were observing the boycott. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-2B-64-NBM)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Seward Park High School., Galamison, Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988.
Topics:
Boycotts--New York (State)--New York., Racial justice in education--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights demonstrations--New York (State)--New York., Student movements--New York (State)--New York., African American students--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353847
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Orthodox honor for Cardinal Spellman.
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Text transcribed from caption: CO-30664 ORTHODOX HONOR FOR CARDINAL SPELLMAN NEW YORK -- Francis Cardinal Spellman, second from left, Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York, is shown as he received a high honor from a Greek Orthodox order. He was given the Grand Cross of the Sovereign Greek Order of St. Dennis of Zante. Presenting the award was Dr. Pericles Voultsos, grand master, third from left. Looking on are Major Mario G. Remo, left, and the Rev. Hieromonk Bartholomew, chaplain of the order. The citation cited the "fraternal goodwill and Christian love" of Cardinal Spellman towards Orthodox Christians. He is the fourth American churchman so honored. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BB-NY-2D-64-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.), Catholic Church--Bishops., Voultsos, Pericles, 1910-, Remo, Mario G., Bartholomew, Hieromonk.
Topics:
Decorations of honor., Award winners--New York (State)--New York., Interdenominational cooperation., Ecumenical movement.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353770
Title:
First Negro Catholic in N.C. county.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30711 FIRST NEGRO CATHOLIC IN N.C. COUNTY WADESBORO, N.C. -- A happy day for what is regarded to be America's smallest parish. Miss Barbara Joan Clark, a student nurse, becomes the first Negro Catholic in Anson County, N.C., as she is baptized by Father Ambrose F. Rohrbacher, pastor of Sacred Heart Church, Wadesboro. Miss Clark, 20, chose St. Joan of Arc as her patron saint. Her sponsor is Mrs. Doria Foster Moore, who taught Barbara at the Lincoln Hospital Nursing School in Durham. Sacred Heart is the smallest parish in the least-Catholic state in the Union. It covers all of Anson County, which has a population of 24,962, of which 12,231 are Negroes. The county's Catholic population is 21 -- and Miss Clark was the 21st. Her baptism filled the church to capacity for the first time in its history -- largely with non-Catholic friends. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (R-NC-3B-64-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Clark, Barbara Joan., Rohrbacher, Ambrose F., Sacred Heart Church (Wadesboro, N.C.), Foster Moore, Doria.
Topics:
African American Catholics--North Carolina--Wadesboro., Baptism--Catholic Church., Catholic converts--North Carolina--Wadesboro., Catholic women--North Carolina--Wadesboro.
Geographic subjects:
Wadesboro (N.C.), Anson County (N.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353748
Title:
Cardinal Spellman labels play 'outrageous desecration.'
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30682 CARDINAL SPELLMAN LABELS PLAY 'OUTRAGEOUS DESECRATION' NEW YORK -- Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, labeled "The Deputy" an "outrageous desecration of the honor of a great and good man" and a "slanderous and divisive drama." He said that the play, which is critical of Pope Pius XII for not speaking out publicly against the Nazi persecution of Jews, is an "affront to those who know his record as a humanitarian, who love him and revere his memory." The cardinal, shown looking at a portrait of the late pontiff, called on the people of New York, where the play was being presented, "not to allow it to drive a wedge between Catholics and Jews, with whom we have suffered together (and) for whom we have the greatest respect and the friendliest feelings." Written by Rolf Hochhuth, a West German Protestant, the controversial drama was produced on Broadway by Herman Shumlin. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-3A-64-NAB)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958., Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958--Drama., Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967.
Topics:
Popes., Biographical drama.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353742
Title:
Brother's job: Teaching cooks serving the church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30630 BROTHER'S JOB: TEACHING COOKS SERVING THE CHURCH NORTH EASTON, Mass. -- Brother Herman E. Zaccarelli, C.S.C., director of the Food Research Center for Catholic Institutions, is shown discussing the fine art of meat purchasing and selection with two nuns and a young visitor to Stonehill College at North Easton, Mass. Institutional food service -- how to cook for many, with quality as well as quantity under cost limitations -- has been Brother Herman's assignment for some 13 years. His next workshop session will be held at Stonehill from August 2 to August 12 and will draw nuns and brothers from dioceses and religious orders throughout the U.S. and Canada. That session also will be ecumenical -- six of his students will be Protestant Episcopal nuns. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SC-SCNE-2D-64-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Zaccarelli, Herman E., Stonehill College., Congregation of Holy Cross., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Monasticism and religious orders for women--Episcopal Church., Food service--Religious aspects--Christianity., Food service management.
Geographic subjects:
North Easton (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353731
Title:
The world of religion in pictures.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30603 THE WORLD OF RELIGION IN PICTURES TAEGU, South Korea -- The World of Religion in photographs was brought to sidewalk strollers in Taegu, South Korea, through the ingenuity of The Catholic Shibo (Times), newsweekly of the Taegu archdiocese. Its editors displayed some 230 Religious News Service photos in an outdoor exhibit which drew large crowds despite mid-winter weather. On one day 2,500 persons stopped to inspect photographs of Pope Paul VI, the Second Vatican Council, and unusual religious developments around the world. In picture below, Msgr. James M. Ri, Vicar General of the Taegu archdiocese, is shown reading captions designed to interest Catholic and non-Catholic alike. The Catholic Shibo's display was also ecumenical, featuring many Protestant and Orthodox leaders in the Christian unity movement, among them Methodist Bishop Fred Pierce Corson of Philadelphia, the Archbishop of Canterbury and Dr. Archibald Campbell Craig, former moderator of the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian). Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-KO-2B-64-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Taegu (Korea), Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Ri, James M.
Topics:
Popes., Photography--Exhibitions., Photojournalism., Journalism, Religious.
Geographic subjects:
Taegu (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353719
Title:
Brotherhood Week poster, 1964.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Congresses., National Conference of Christians and Jews.
Topics:
Christian leadership., Interdenominational cooperation., Posters.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353697
Title:
U.S. Cyprus, Britain.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007., Paul I, King of the Hellenes, 1901-1964., Makarios III, Archbishop of Cyprus, 1913-1977., Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921-2021., Iakovos, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America., Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Topics:
Funeral service--Greece--Athens., Bereavement--Religious aspects--Christianity., Presidents' spouses--United States., Visits of state--Greece--Athens.
Geographic subjects:
Athens (Greece)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353635
Title:
Serving in Congo.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Baptist Mid-missions (Organization), Grings, Winifred., Grings, Robert., Grings, Becky., Grings, Danny., Grings, Ruth Ann.
Topics:
Terrorism--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Lay missionaries--Baptists., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Martyrs--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Children of murder victims--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353624
Title:
Three faiths map fight on racial discrimination.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hatcher, Eugene C., Episcopal Church--Bishops., African Methodist Episcopal Church (Cleveland, Ohio), Burroughs, Nelson M., Whealon, John F., Catholic Church. Diocese of Cleveland (Ohio), Silver, Daniel Jeremy., Temple-Tifereth Israel (Cleveland, Ohio)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Ohio--Cleveland., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Interdenominational cooperation--United States., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Cleveland (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353592
Title:
Msgr. Ellis resigns Catholic U. post.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30469 MSGR. ELLIS RESIGNS CATHOLIC U. POST WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Msgr. John Tracy Ellis, noted Catholic scholar, resigned as church history professor at the Catholic University of America after 30 years as student and faculty member. He will assume the same teaching post at the University of San Francisco. A teacher at Catholic University, only Pontifical university in this country, for 28 years, Msgr. Ellis had been church history professor there since 1947. He has been on leave from Catholic University for some months and has been residing there. The priest holds worldwide recognition as a church historian and for encouraging Catholics to deepen and broaden their intellectual life. Last year, Msgr. Ellis charged that Catholic University had been undergoing a “type of suppression” for nearly a decade. He made the comment at a time when the names of four noted theologians were withdrawn by university officials from a list of proposed speakers suggested by a student group. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-1C-64-NAB)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ellis, John Tracy, 1905-1992., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic University of America--Faculty., University of San Francisco--Faculty.
Topics:
Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Historians--Washington (D.C.), Clergy--California--San Francisco., Historians--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352912
Title:
Lillian Block.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 30456 MISS LILLIAN BLOCK, MANAGING EDITOR OF RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-1-D-64)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher), Kaufman Studios (New York, N.Y.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Block, Lillian R.
Topics:
Editors--New York (State)--New York., Women editors--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352862
Title:
Pontiff assures U.S. priest of funds for needy Arabs.
Description:
Article from the Religious News Service; includes start of an article about an unidentified photo.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Ryan, Joseph T., Mooney, Denis., Catholic Church--Clergy., Pontifical Mission for Palestine., Catholic Near East Welfare Association.
Topics:
Papal visits--Palestine., Popes., Clergy--Jerusalem., Charities--Palestine., Missions to Muslims--Palestine.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352653
Title:
Msgr. Ellis leaves Catholic U., accepts San Francisco post.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ellis, John Tracy, 1905-1992., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic University of America--Faculty., University of San Francisco--Faculty.
Topics:
Clergy--California--San Francisco., Historians--California--San Francisco., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Historians--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352632
Title:
Canada - church.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Church buildings--Canada., Cyclists--Canada., Women cyclists--Canada.
Geographic subjects:
Canada.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350301

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