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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Saigon crisis: Buddhist monks in protest.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-29766 SAIGON CRISIS: BUDDHIST MONKS IN PROTEST SAIGON, South Vietnam -- The policies of the Diem government are assailed by Buddhist monks before a huge crowd attending memorial services outside the Xa Loi Pagoda in Saigon. Services were held for a monk who had burned himself to death as a sign of protest against alleged religious persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnam regime headed by President Ngo Dinh Diem. Rioting, police raids on pagoda followed demonstrations in main centers. The U.S. Sate Department charged that the Diem government had violated assurances that it would pressure a policy of reconciliation with the Buddhists. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-8D-63-W)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Quảng Đức, Thích--Death and burial.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic), Demonstrations--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Memorial service., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Vietnam (Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358117
Title:
Buddhists honor monk who took life in crisis.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29749 BUDDHISTS HONOR MONK WHO TOOK LIFE IN CRISIS HUE, South Vietnam -- Buddhist monks pray at an altar in Hue, South Vietnam, in a service commemorating a novice priest who burned himself to death to protest alleged anti-Buddhist policies of the South Vietnamese government. Five Buddhist clergy took their lives to point up the continuing tension between the Buddhists and the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem, a Roman Catholic. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-8D-63-W)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Self-immolation--Religious aspects--Buddhism., Self-immolation--Vietnam--Huế., Suicide--Vietnam--Huế., Demonstrations--Vietnam--Huế., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Huế., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic), Memorial service.
Geographic subjects:
Huế (Vietnam), Vietnam (Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358090
Title:
First Ecumenical Council.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29938 FIRST ECUMENICAL COUNCIL VATICAN CITY -- Resumption of the Second Vatican Council recalls the first of the previous 20 Ecumenical Councils held in the history of the Church. That first Council was held at Nicaea in the year 325. Summoned by Pope Sylvester I and lasting two months and 12 days, it condemned Arianism which denied the divinity of Christ; formulated the Nicene Creed; and fixed a formula for dating Easter observances. Vatican II, called by the late Pope John XXIII, is aimed at Church renewal and reform in the 20th century. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-9D-63-RB)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Council of Nicaea (1st : 325 : Nicaea, Turkey)--Pictorial works., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--History.
Topics:
Episcopal conferences (Catholic)--Turkey--Nicaea., Episcopal conferences (Catholic)--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Nicaea (Turkey), Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358072
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Chaplain to refugees.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29907 CHAPLAIN TO REFUGEES MACAO -- Refugees from Communist China can count on Spanish-born Father Luis Ruiz, S.J., to help them when they arrive in the Portuguese enclave of Macao. Known as “The chaplain to the refugees,” the Jesuit maintains a villa called Casa Ricci where his door is always open to those in need. He talks here with an old Chinese woman who came to him for funds to start a fruit business. Called “Lui Sam Fu” by the refugees, Father Ruiz was a missionary in China before the Reds took over. Since 1951 he has aided thousands of refugees from behind the “Bamboo Curtain.” Last year 10,801 persons registered at Casa Ricci. The exodus to Macao will continue, Father Ruiz says, “as long as people do not find more food and liberty in Red China.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-9C-63-RB)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Jesuits., Ruiz, Luis., Casa Ricci (Macau, China), Catholic Church--Missions--China.
Topics:
Clergy--China--Macau (Special Administrative Region), Missionaries--China--Macau (Special Administrative Region), Church work with refugees--China--Macau (Special Administrative Region)
Geographic subjects:
Macau., Macau (China : Special Administrative Region)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358065
Title:
German bishops aid India.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29843 GERMAN BISHOPS AID INDIA NEW DELHI -- Mrs. Indira Gandhi (center), daughter of Prime Minister Nehru, accepts a token gift of medical equipment from Father Frank Loesch of the Indo-German Social Service Society. The gift was symbolic of supplies donated by Misereor, overseas relief agency of the German hierarchy, for people in India’s North East Frontier region, the scene of the Chinese-Indian border war last year. Also shown is Father Ignatius Lobo, director of Indian Catholic Charities. To date, Misereor has given a total of $5,000,000 to aid Indian institutions and has arranged for technicians to initiate training programs in this country. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (D-ND-9A-63-RB)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Gandhi, Indira, 1917-1984., Misereor (Organization : Germany), Indo-German Social Service Society., Loesch, Frank., Lobo, Ignatius., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Children of presidents--India--New Delhi., Clergy--India--New Delhi., International relief.--New Delhi., Politicians--India--New Delhi., Women politicians--India--New Delhi., Medical supplies--India--New Delhi.
Geographic subjects:
New Delhi (India)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358056
Title:
Monk burns self to death.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #29884 MONK BURNS SELF TO DEATH An aged Buddhist monk, the Rev. Quang Duc, burns to death before spectators at Saigon, Vietnam, June 11, 1963, to protest alleged persecution of Buddhists by President Ngo Dinh Diem’s government. As other monks lay in front of nearby fire trucks to prevent their moving, the monk set fire to his gasoline-soaked robes and sat while flames engulfed him. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-9-16-63-S)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Quảng Đức, Thích., Quảng Đức, Thích--Death and burial.
Topics:
Self-immolation--Religious aspects--Buddhism., Self-immolation--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Suicide--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Demonstrations--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Vietnam (Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358022
Title:
Monk burns self to death.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Quảng Đức, Thích., Quảng Đức, Thích--Death and burial.
Topics:
Self-immolation--Religious aspects--Buddhism., Self-immolation--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Suicide--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Demonstrations--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Vietnam (Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358008
Title:
First Ecumenical Council.
Description:
Alternate captions from an earlier use of this print by RNS.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Council of Nicaea (1st : 325 : Nicaea, Turkey)--Pictorial works., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--History.
Topics:
Episcopal conferences (Catholic)--Turkey--Nicaea., Episcopal conferences (Catholic)--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Nicaea (Turkey)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357943
Title:
German bishops aid India.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Gandhi, Indira, 1917-1984., Misereor (Organization : Germany), Indo-German Social Service Society., Loesch, Frank., Lobo, Ignatius., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Children of presidents--India--New Delhi., Clergy--India--New Delhi., International relief.--New Delhi., Politicians--India--New Delhi., Women politicians--India--New Delhi., Medical supplies--India--New Delhi.
Geographic subjects:
New Delhi (India)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357917
Title:
Macao's open door.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Jesuits., Ruiz, Luis., Casa Ricci (Macau, China), Catholic Church--Missions--China.
Topics:
Clergy--China--Macau (Special Administrative Region), Missionaries--China--Macau (Special Administrative Region), Church work with refugees--China--Macau (Special Administrative Region)
Geographic subjects:
Macau., Macau (China : Special Administrative Region)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357900
Title:
Macao's open door.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Jesuits., Ruiz, Luis., Casa Ricci (Macau, China), Catholic Church--Missions--China.
Topics:
Clergy--China--Macau (Special Administrative Region), Missionaries--China--Macau (Special Administrative Region), Church work with refugees--China--Macau (Special Administrative Region)
Geographic subjects:
Macau., Macau (China : Special Administrative Region)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357878
Title:
Monks pray at altar to suicide priest.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Self-immolation--Religious aspects--Buddhism., Self-immolation--Vietnam--Huế., Suicide--Vietnam--Huế., Demonstrations--Vietnam--Huế., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Huế., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic), Memorial service.
Geographic subjects:
Huế (Vietnam), Vietnam (Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357850
Title:
Monks protest government.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Quảng Đức, Thích--Death and burial.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic), Demonstrations--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Memorial service., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Vietnam (Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357763
Title:
Patriarch Alexei at service at the Yelokhovo Cathedral, Moscow.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #621 PATRIARCH ALEXEI AT SERVICE AT THE YELOKHOVO CATHEDRAL, MOSCOW Patriarch Alexei of the Russian Orthodox Church at service in the Yelokhovo Cathedral in Moscow. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (rad-mos-g-9255)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Aleksiĭ, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, 1877-1970., Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Bishops., Bogoi︠a︡vlenskiĭ kafedralʹnyĭ sobor (Moscow, Russia)
Topics:
Orthodox Eastern Church--Liturgy.
Geographic subjects:
Moscow (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357625
Title:
Choral Synagogue.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #584 CHORAL SYNAGOGUE. Choral Jewish Synagogue in Moscow [Moscow Choral Synagogue]
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Moskovskai︠a︡ khoralʹnai︠a︡ sinagoga (Moscow, Russia)
Topics:
Judaism--Liturgy., Rabbis--Russia--Moscow., Synagogues--Russia--Moscow.
Geographic subjects:
Moscow (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357619
Title:
Collection for orphans and other purposes.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #583 COLLECTION FOR ORPHANS AND OTHER PURPOSES. Choral Jewish Synagogue in Moscow [Moscow Choral Synagogue]
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Moskovskai︠a︡ khoralʹnai︠a︡ sinagoga (Moscow, Russia)
Topics:
Judaism--Liturgy., Synagogue fund raising--Russia--Moscow., Jewish orphans--Russia--Moscow., Rabbis--Russia--Moscow., Synagogues--Russia--Moscow., Charity--Religious aspects--Judaism.
Geographic subjects:
Moscow (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357618
Title:
Evening prayer.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #582 EVENING PRAYER. Choral Jewish Synagogue in Moscow [Moscow Choral Synagogue]
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Moskovskai︠a︡ khoralʹnai︠a︡ sinagoga (Moscow, Russia)
Topics:
Judaism--Liturgy., Prayer--Judaism., Evening worship services--Judaism., Rabbis--Russia--Moscow., Synagogues--Russia--Moscow.
Geographic subjects:
Moscow (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357617
Title:
Torah is brought out.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: #581 TORAH IS BROUGHT OUT. Choral Jewish Synagogue in Moscow [Moscow Choral Synagogue]
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Moskovskai︠a︡ khoralʹnai︠a︡ sinagoga (Moscow, Russia)
Topics:
Judaism--Liturgy., Torah scrolls., Rabbis--Russia--Moscow., Synagogues--Russia--Moscow.
Geographic subjects:
Moscow (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357616
Title:
Marine chaplain holds Bible class in Japanese waters.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #537 MARINE CHAPLAIN HOLDS BIBLE CLASS IN JAPANESE WATERS Navy Lieutenant Bernard H. Boyd, former professor of Bible Literature at Presbyterian College, Clinton, S.C., holds a Bible class with Marines aboard a transport in Tokyo harbor. Chaplain Boyd wears the Purple Heart for wounds received in the Okinawa campaign. Credit Line Should Read: U.S. Maine Corps Photo from RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
United States. Marine Corps (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Boyd, Bernard H., Presbyterian College (Clinton, S.C.)--Faculty., United States. Navy., United States. Marine Corps.
Topics:
Navies--Officers., Military chaplains--Japan--Tokyo Bay., Bible--Study and teaching--Japan--Tokyo Bay., Marines--Religious life--Japan--Tokyo Bay., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo Bay (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357605
Title:
Christian teachers on Okinawa.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #44 CHRISTIAN TEACHERS ON OKINAWA A group of high school teachers, all Christians who teach in the schools established at Shimmabuke, Okinawa [sic. Shimabuku, Okinawa], where Shosei Kina acts as the superintendent. He is one of the original converts to Christianity as a result of a brief visit to the island by a visiting Methodist missionary enroute to Japan. Before his departure, the missionary presented to Shosei a Bible in the Japanese language. This Bible is still being used by him in spreading the Gospel to his followers. Credit Line Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
Hall, Clarence W. (Clarence Wilbur), 1902-1985. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kina, Shosei.
Topics:
Women teachers--Japan--Okinawa-ken., Teachers--Japan--Okinawa-ken., Christian educators--Japan--Okinawa-ken.
Geographic subjects:
Okinawa-ken (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357572

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