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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Title:
Holy day in India.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: WIDE WORLD PHOTOS PLEASE CREDIT A-23685 (set of 2) HOLY DAY IN INDIA DELHI, INDIA - Here’s a close-up of Mohammedan worshippers at a mosque on the outskirts of this city during the Id [sic] festival. Some 90,000,000 Indians are of the Mohammedan faith. 1076-H-12/23/42-COR (FS) (43) 3.15P (SEE A-23684)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Muslims--India--New Delhi., Worship (Islam)--India--New Delhi., Prayer--India--New Delhi., ʻĪd al-Fiṭr--India--New Delhi., Fasts and feasts--Islam.
Geographic subjects:
New Delhi (India)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360435
Title:
71-year-old woman becomes nun.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 71-YEAR-OLD WOMAN BECOMES NUN #3336 REGINA, Saskatchewan -- Mrs. Joseph Mercier, 71-year-old widow, said to be the oldest woman ever to join a religious order in Saskatchewan, has taken vows in the Convent of the Precious Blood here. Photo at left shows her with her late husband, while at right she is pictured in her nun’s garb with two of her three daughters, Sister Marie-Rose and Sister Marie Odilia of the Order of Our Lady of Auvergne, of Ponteix. A third daughter, Mrs. Adrien Liboiron, also of Ponteix, was at the ceremony at which she took her vows. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PWD-REGINA-MES-4C-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mercier, Joseph.
Topics:
Nuns--Saskatchewan--Regina., Consecration of nuns--Saskatchewan--Regina., Widows--Saskatchewan--Regina., Older women--Saskatchewan--Regina.
Geographic subjects:
Regina (Sask.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359332
Title:
Cardinal Suhard.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption on reverse: Cardinal Emmanuel Celestin Suhard Archbishop of Parish, serving soup to the old people looked after by the Little Sisters of the Poor. C 3067 -1-8x10
Creator:
Fulgur Photo-presse (Paris, France) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Suhard, Emmanuel-Célestin, 1874-1949., Little Sisters of the Poor.
Topics:
Bishops--France--Paris., Church work with older people--France--Paris., Church work with older people--Catholic Church., Soup kitchens--France--Paris.
Geographic subjects:
Paris (France)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359100
Title:
India's war effort.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: INDIA’S WAR EFFORT R-3251 [sic] Scene in a big tinplate mills somewhere-in-India where machines now roar night and day to turn out the sinews of war; for India is nearing the grim spotlight of the war. While statesmen haggle over the status of India, the Japs draw nearer and soon the frontiers of India will be threatened. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Tinplate industry--India., World War, 1939-1945--India., World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies.
Geographic subjects:
India.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359077
Title:
India's war effort.
Creator:
International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Tinplate industry--India., World War, 1939-1945--India., World War, 1939-1945--Equipment and supplies.
Geographic subjects:
India.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358952
Title:
Mrs. Luce joins Roman Catholic Church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: MRS. LUCE JOINS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH #1776 NEW YORK -- Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce, Connecticut Congresswoman and noted playwright, has become a Roman Catholic after taking five months of instruction from Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen. Formerly a Protestant Episcopalian, Mrs. Luce was received into the Church at St. Patrick’s Cathedral here. She is the wife of Henry R. Luce, editor of Time, Life and Fortune magazines and prominent Presbyterian layman. Mrs. Luce is the latest of a number of prominent converts to the Church. Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York, joined the Church in January. Another recent convert was Louis F. Budenz, former managing editor of The Daily Worker, Communist newspaper. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PNI-NY-MES-2C-6-C)
Creator:
Associated Press., 1919- (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Luce, Clare Boothe, 1903-1987.
Topics:
Catholic converts--New York (State)--New York., Legislators--United States., Women legislators--United States., Dramatists--New York (State)--New York., Women dramatists--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358613
Title:
New Archbishop of Canterbury and York.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #52 NEW ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY AND YORK Left to right: Dr. William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Dr. C.F. Garbett, Archbishop of York.
Creator:
Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Temple, William, 1881-1944., Church of England--Bishops., Garbett, Cyril, 1875-1955.
Topics:
Bishops--England.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357597

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