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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Luke Hart dead at 83.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30627 LUKE HART DEAD AT 83 NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Luke E. Hart, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus since 1953 (left), died suddenly at the age of 83 in St. Raphael's Hospital in New Haven. He had been active and at his desk in the K of C national headquarters two days before his death. Fondly known as "Mr. Knights of Columbus," Mr. Hart was associated with the Catholic lay fraternal society most of his life. He saw the society's membership rise to some 1,150,000, and its insurance on members and their families reach a total of $1,150,000,000. Recipient of a number of religious and secular honors, Mr. Hart sponsored such major K of C projects as its Catholic advertising campaign in non-church publications and its microfilming of Vatican Library documents for St. Louis University. He is shown here with former Sen. Charles E. Potter (R.-Mich) when plans were made in 1957 for the society's 75th anniversary. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-2C-64-NAB)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Knights of Columbus., Hart, Luke E. (Luke Edward), 1880-1964., Potter, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1916-1979., Catholic Church--Societies, etc.
Topics:
Brotherhoods--Connecticut--New Haven., Church societies--Connecticut--New Haven.
Geographic subjects:
Columbus (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353729
Title:
Happiest moments.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30271 HAPPIEST MOMENTS Happy moments for a Catholic family. Above, Richard Cardinal Cushing of Boston -- then an archbishop -- is shown as he congratulated Sen. and Mrs. John F. Kennedy after baptizing their first child, Caroline, in 1957 at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. Below, the then President-elect and his wife watch as their son, John, was baptized by Father Martin J. Casey, S.J., at Holy Trinity church, Washington, in December, 1960. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GE-11E-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994., Kennedy, Caroline, 1957-, St. Patrick’s Cathedral (New York, N.Y.), Kennedy, John F., Jr., 1960-1999., Casey, Martin J., Holy Trinity Church (Washington, D.C.), Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Bishops--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Baptism--New York (State)--New York., Baptism--Washington (D.C.), Baptism--Catholic Church., Sacraments--Catholic Church., Children of presidents--United States.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352868
Title:
The Sacred Rock -- Jerusalem.
Creator:
Olcott, F. J. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Qubbat al-Ṣakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem), Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem), Abraham (Biblical patriarch)
Topics:
Mosques--Jerusalem., Cave architecture--Jerusalem.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288217
Title:
The Dome of the Rock.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PI-20099. THE DOME OF THE ROCK. This sacred rock in a grotto of the Moslem Mosque in Jerusalem traditionally marks the site where Solomon's Temple once stood. The mosque, first built in the 7th century A.D., is also known as the Dome of the Rock. According to tradition this rock also was the site where patriarch Abraham was about to sacrifice his son Isaac, when an angel of the Lord forbade him. CREDIT MUST READ: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FJO-NY-1A-57-NAB)
Creator:
Raad, C. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Qubbat al-Ṣakhrah (Mosque : Jerusalem), Temple of Jerusalem (Jerusalem), Abraham (Biblical patriarch)
Topics:
Mosques--Jerusalem., Cave architecture--Jerusalem.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288216
Title:
Skiers attend service.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-20189. SKIERS ATTEND SERVICE. GSTAAD, SWITZERLAND. -- Skiers attend an early morning Protestant service outdoors before starting the day's sporting events here. CREDIT MUST READ: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WCC-1D-57-NAB)
Creator:
Taylor, John P. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Skiers--Religious life--Switzerland--Gstaad., Skis and skiing--Switzerland--Gstaad., Public worship--Switzerland--Gstaad.
Geographic subjects:
Gstaad (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:288197
Title:
Telephone promoting Billy Graham Crusade.
Description:
Telephone promoting Billy Graham Crusade, Madison Square Garden, New York.
Subject names:
Graham, Billy, 1918-, Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Telephone., Evangelists--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:7381
Title:
Billy Graham Crusade.
Description:
18,500 Jam Garden for Graham Crusade. New York--Some 18,500 persons jammed Madison Square Garden to hear Evangelist Billy Graham open his six-weeks New York crusade. The evangelist spoke for 45 minutes from a nine-foor platform erected at one end of the huge arena. He will give a series of Gospel sermons every night during the crusade. After his address at the 90-minute rally, some 485 men, women and teenagers approached the rostrum to make "decisions for Christ," the largest number to do so at the opening of any Graham crusade in this country. Mr. Graham was invited to come this city by the Protestant Council of the City of New York.
Creator:
Goldstein, Sam. (photographer), International News Photos (New York, N.Y.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Graham, Billy, 1918-, Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Evangelists--United States., Revivals--United States.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:6998

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