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:
Stepanic protest meeting.
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Text transcribed from caption: STEPINAC PROTEST MEETING #C-4886 PHILADELPHIA -- Convention Hall is jammed with 25,000 Catholics from all parishes of this city and its environs for a gigantic protest meeting that asked President Truman and the State Department to insist on the release of Archbishop Louis Stepinac, convicted Yugoslav prelate. The rally, sponsored by the local chapter of the Catholic War Veterans, was attended by Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia. The huge throng was the largest ever assembled in the municipal auditorium. Thousands were unable to get in and listened to the proceedings broadcast by loud speakers outside. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JD-PHIL-BS-12A-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Municipal Auditorium (Philadelphia, Pa.), Stepinac, Alojzije, 1898-1960--Imprisonment., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic War Veterans of the United States of America, Inc.
Topics:
Communism and Christianity--Yugoslavia., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Demonstrations--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Prisoners and prisons--Yugoslavia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.), Yugoslavia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360536
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Hungarian bishop behind bars.
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Text transcribed from caption: HUNGARIAN BISHOP BEHIND BARS #c-2076 BUDAPEST -- Imprisoned here as a “war criminal” Bishop Stefan Uzdoczy-Zadravetz (shown behind prison bars) has long been noted for his strong anti-Communistic attitude. He was “Army Bishop” of Admiral Nicholas Horthy’s forces after the last war. Although the bishop has been in retirement since 1928, most of the material for the accusations against him was gathered from his speeches and activities during World War I and in the “counter-revolutionary” period following it when Horthy’s regime superceded [sic] that of the Bolshevik Bela Kun. The 62-year-old prelate lives in a room with 30 other prisoners. Three times weekly he celebrates Mass in the prison chapel. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EZ-BUDA-MES-3C-6-C)
Creator:
Zaugg, Ernest. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Zadravecz, István, 1884-1965., Catholic Church--Bishops., Hungary. Honvédség--Chaplains.
Topics:
Bishops--Hungary--Budapest., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Hungary., Counterrevolutionaries--Hungary--Budapest.
Geographic subjects:
Budapest (Hungary), Hungary--History--1918-1945.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359096
Title:
Hungarian bishop behind bars.
Creator:
Zaugg, Ernest. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Zadravecz, István, 1884-1965., Catholic Church--Bishops., Hungary. Honvédség--Chaplains.
Topics:
Bishops--Hungary--Budapest., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Hungary., Counterrevolutionaries--Hungary--Budapest.
Geographic subjects:
Budapest (Hungary), Hungary--History--1918-1945.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358969
Title:
Hungary's new cardinal.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: HUNGARY’S NEW CARDINAL #1790 ROME -- Archbishop Josef Mindszenty, Primate of Hungary, was one of the 32 prelates elevated to the Sacred College of Cardinals. In recent weeks he has been the center of outbursts by Hungarian Communists who have denounced him as a “reactionary”. The new Cardinal has been outspoken against government measures he considers harmful to the best interests of the church and the nation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-MES-2C-6-C)
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Mindszenty, József, 1892-1975.
Topics:
Bishops--Hungary., Communism and Christianity--Hungary., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City., Hungary.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358630
Title:
Welcome to Rome.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29946 WELCOME TO ROME ROME -- Stefan Cardinal Wyszinski, Primate of Poland, carries roses presented to him upon his arrival in Rome to participate in sessions of the Second Vatican Council. The cardinal, the highest-ranking prelate from a Communist country to attend the Council, headed a group of 25 Polish bishops. Some 35 other Polish prelates remained at home, not having received exit permits to attend the Council sessions. Cardinal Wyszinski, an outspoken critic of the Communist regime in Poland, recently delivered several sermons denouncing restrictions placed on the Church in his homeland. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (K-ROM-9E-63-RB)
Creator:
Keystone (Rome, Italy) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Wyszyński, Stefan, 1901-1981.
Topics:
Bishops--Italy--Rome., Communism and Christianity--Poland., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Councils and synods--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy), Poland.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358074
Title:
U.S. Catholic reporter visits Cuba.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29910 U.S. CATHOLIC REPORTER VISITS CUBA HAVANA, Cuba -- The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Havana, Cuba. A Catholic reporter who took this picture said the Church “was just tolerated” by the Communist regime. He found crowded churches in the city and said “if Havana represents conditions throughout the country the Catholic Church is not hindered in any way.” Arthur Jones, a reporter for the Catholic Star Herald of the Camden (N.J.) diocese, spent 9 days in Cuba on assignment of his paper. Pro-government priests, he said, claimed the Church had “withdrawn” almost immediately after the Castro regime took over. Mr. Jones said another priest reported negotiations could be reopened to allow more clergy on the island and that some priests were arriving from Belgium. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AJ-CAM-9C-63-W)
Creator:
Catholic Church. Diocese of Camden (N.J.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jones, Arthur, 1936-, Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Havana, Cuba)
Topics:
Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Cuba., Church attendance--Cuba--Havana.
Geographic subjects:
Havana (Cuba)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358066
Title:
Poland's most famous shrine.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29835 POLAND’S MOST FAMOUS SHRINE CZESTOCHOWA, Poland -- This is the ancient monastery-church of the Pauline Fathers on Jasna Gora (Bright Mountain), which houses the famous shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa, patroness of Poland. Scene of annual national pilgrimages which have brought together more than one million faithful at one time, the shrine contains a picture of the Mother of Christ which legend says was painted on cypress wood by St. Luke. Because the wood is now dark with age, the image is often called the “Black Madonna.” This photograph at Czestochowa was taken during a recent visit by Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski, Primate of Poland who charged the Communist authorities with persistent efforts to deny or restrict the religious freedom of Polish Catholics. The prelate challenged the Reds to match their praise of Pope John XXIII’s encyclical, Pacem in Terris, with proper respect for basic human rights. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-9A-63-TFD)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Klasztor Paulinów (Częstochowa, Poland), Pious Society of St. Paul--Buildings.
Topics:
Monasteries--Poland--Częstochowa., Church buildings--Poland--Częstochowa., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Poland., Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Poland--Częstochowa.
Geographic subjects:
Częstochowa (Poland), Częstochowa (Poland)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358053
Title:
U.S. Catholic reporter visits Cuba.
Creator:
Catholic Church. Diocese of Camden (N.J.) (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Havana, Cuba)
Topics:
Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Cuba., Church attendance--Cuba--Havana.
Geographic subjects:
Havana (Cuba)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357793
Title:
Czech school confiscation opposed.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CZECH SCHOOL CONFISCATION OPPOSED #1175 PRAGUE -- Msgr. Frantisek Hala, Postmaster General of Czechoslovakia, reads a Catholic petition requesting postponement of the confiscation of Catholic schools in Bohemia and Moravia until after the scheduled elections next spring. Catholic schools in Bohemia and Moravia have not yet been taken over as they have in Slovakia. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AJ-PR-MES-12-5-5)
Subject names:
Catholic Church--Clergy., Hála, František., Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Clergy--Czechoslovakia., Clergy--Czech Republic--Prague., Catholic schools--Czechoslovakia., Land, Nationalization of--Czechoslovakia., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Czechoslovakia.
Geographic subjects:
Prague (Czech Republic), Czechoslovakia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356881
Title:
Hungarian bishops consecrated.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31769 HUNGARIAN BISHOPS CONSECRATED BUDAPEST -- An unprecedented ceremony in the Catholic Church of Hungary. Five bishops are consecrated at once in St. Stephen’s Basilica, Budapest, by Archbishop Endre Hamvas of Kalocsa. Appointment of the bishops and their designation as administrators of long-vacant bishoprics followed the “limited” agreement between the Vatican and Hungary’s Communist regime. The bishops can be identified here by the kerchiefs they wear. Left to right, they are Auxiliary Bishop Pal Brezanoczy of Eger, standing and partly obscured by priest; Auxiliary Bishop Jozsef Cserhati of Pecs; Bishop Jozsef Iljias of Csanad; Auxiliary Bishop Jozsef Winkler of Szombathely; and Auxiliary Bishop Jozsef Banic of Gyor. Bishop Winkler had already been raised to the episcopacy by Pope John XXIII but conditions in Hungary had prevented his consecration. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-10E-64-W)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Szent István Bazilika., Hamvas, Endre, 1890-1970., Brezanóczy, Pál., Cserháti, József., Ijjas , József., Winkler, József., Bánk, József., Catholic Church--Foreign relations--Hungary.
Topics:
Bishops--Hungary--Budapest., Consecration of bishops--Hungary--Budapest., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Hungary.
Geographic subjects:
Budapest (Hungary)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356544
Title:
Pope embraces Cardinal Beran.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-32208 POPE EMBRACES CARDINAL BERAN VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI has an affectionate embrace for Josef Cardinal Beran, Archbishop of Prague, as the liberated prelate approaches the papal throne to receive his scarlet biretta at a public consistory. The Czech archbishop was freed in time to attend the consistory after spending 14 years in prison and being virtually under house detention since October, 1963. He retains his title as Archbishop of Prague, but is expected to be assigned a Roman Curia post. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ANS-3A-65-NAB)
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Catholic Church--Bishops., Beran, Josef, 1888-1969.
Topics:
Popes., Bishops--Vatican City., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Czechoslovakia.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355882
Title:
From red jails to red hats.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-32187 FROM RED JAILS TO RED HATS VATICAN CITY -- These two archbishops who suffered imprisonment at the hands of Communists were among 27 prelates named cardinals by Pope Paul VI at a secret consistory. They are Ukrainian Rite Josyf Cardinal Slipyi, Archbishop of Lwow (left), and Josef Cardinal Beran, Archbishop of Prague. The Eastern Rite cardinal was released in 1963 after 18 years of Soviet confinement, and the Czech archbishop recently arrived in Rome after being freed from more than 15 years of imprisonment and house detention. Pope Paul referred to them at the consistory when he pointed to their “peculiar character and joint glory in the sufferings they had undergone before the eyes of men for the Catholic faith.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-2D-65-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Beran, Josef, 1888-1969., Slipyĭ, Ĭosyf, 1892-1984., Ukraïnsʹka katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva., Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum.
Topics:
Bishops--Italy--Rome., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Czechoslovakia., Communism and Christianity--Ukraine.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355877
Title:
Pope welcomes Archbishop Beran.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-32175 POPE WELCOMES ARCHBISHOP BERAN VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI had a warm welcome for Josef Cardinal Beran as he received the Archbishop of Prague in a 30-minute private audience. The meeting took place two days before the liberated archbishop and 26 other prelates were made cardinals at a secret consistory. During the audience the Pope gave Archbishop Beran a gold pectoral cross and the Czech prelate presented the pontiff with a Bohemian crystal vase engraved with figures of saints. Cardinal Beran was banished from his See in 1949, and though never brought to trial spent 14 years in prison. He was released in 1963, but remained in detention without being allowed to perform his ecclesiastical functions. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-2D-65-NAB)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Catholic Church--Bishops., Beran, Josef, 1888-1969.
Topics:
Popes., Bishops--Vatican City., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Czechoslovakia.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355873
Title:
A cardinal's smile.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-32163 A CARDINAL’S SMILE TABOR, Czechoslovakia -- The high window spelled confinement but the pleasant smile may have indicated knowledge that his trial in a Communist land would soon end. Josef Cardinal Beran is shown as he looked out from the windows of Radvanov Monastery, near Tabor, Czechoslovakia, flour days before announcement he would be permitted to go to Rome to accept his Red Hat as a Prince of the Church. The Archbishop of Prague, never permitted to return to his See upon release from Communist custody, had been isolated from his flock by the Czech regime. Cardinal Beran will live in Rome. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-2C-65-W)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Beran, Josef, 1888-1969., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Bishops--Czech Republic--Tábor (Okres), Communism and Christianity--Czech Republic--Tábor (Okres), Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Political prisoners--Czech Republic--Tábor (Okres)
Geographic subjects:
Tábor (Czech Republic : Okres)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355869
Title:
Soviet ambassador inspects a Bible.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-32128 SOVIET AMBASSADOR INSPECTS A BIBLE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Soviet Ambassador to the U.S. Anatolly F. Dobrynin (left) is caught on camera examining a Bible being shown by Msgr. Luigi G. Ligutti, Vatican observer to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FOA). The occasion was a luncheon for the foreign diplomatic corps in Washington held by the International Christian Leadership in connection with its annual Presidential Prayer Breakfast. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SM-WASH-2B-65-NAB)
Creator:
Muse, Seth H., 1912-1976. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Dobrynin, Anatoliĭ Fedorovich, 1919-2010., Ligutti, Luigi G., Catholic Church--Clergy., Institute for Christian Leadership.
Topics:
Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Ambassadors--Soviet Union., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Washington (D.C.), Bible.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355862
Title:
Catholic funeral in Vietnam.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31990 CATHOLIC FUNERAL IN VIETNAM SAIGON -- A funeral is held for two villagers killed by Communists troops [sic] in the predominantly Roman Catholic village of Binh Nghia, about 40 miles east of Saigon in South Vietnam. A Crucifix is held high as men cover a grave. The villagers died in the fighting between government soldiers and the Viet Cong. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-1A-65-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Burial--Vietnam--Đồng Nai (Province), Grave digging--Vietnam--Đồng Nai (Province), Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Vietnam--Đồng Nai (Province), Catholics--Vietnam--Đồng Nai (Province), Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Vietnam--Đồng Nai (Province), Civilian war casualties--Vietnam--Đồng Nai (Province)
Geographic subjects:
Đồng Nai (Vietnam : Province)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355839
Title:
Newly named cardinals.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Beran, Josef, 1888-1969., Slipyĭ, Ĭosyf, 1892-1984., Ukraïnsʹka katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva., Pontificium Institutum Orientalium Studiorum.
Topics:
Bishops--Italy--Rome., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Czechoslovakia., Communism and Christianity--Ukraine.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355804
Title:
Pope presents medal to Cardinal-elect.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Catholic Church--Bishops., Beran, Josef, 1888-1969.
Topics:
Popes., Bishops--Vatican City., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Czechoslovakia.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355758
Title:
Cardinal behind bars.
Description:
Clipping from the February 17, 1965 issue of the New York Herald Tribune.
Creator:
New York herald tribune (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Beran, Josef, 1888-1969., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Bishops--Czech Republic--Tábor (Okres), Communism and Christianity--Czech Republic--Tábor (Okres), Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Political prisoners--Czech Republic--Tábor (Okres)
Geographic subjects:
Tábor (Czech Republic : Okres)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355725
Title:
"Free to receive visitors."
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Beran, Josef, 1888-1969., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Bishops--Czech Republic--Tábor (Okres), Communism and Christianity--Czech Republic--Tábor (Okres), Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Political prisoners--Czech Republic--Tábor (Okres)
Geographic subjects:
Tábor (Czech Republic : Okres)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355701

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