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Church involvement in social and political issues and activism, including civil rights, protests, and war work. Also, social and political reformers connected to the church. See the following related collections: Civil rights, protests, and social reformers; Wars. Featured image: Religious with Rosa Parks, 1963.

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Title:
Mother Teresa.
Description:
Mother Teresa holding a child.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Teresa, Mother, Saint, 1910-1997.
Topics:
Christian women saints., Malnutrition in children--India.
Geographic subjects:
India.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150171
Title:
Pope renews plea for nuclear ban.
Description:
Pope Paul VI told a general audience that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima was an "outrage against civilization" and renewed his plea to all nations to ban nuclear weapons.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., VI, Paul, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Nuclear disarmament., Antinuclear movement.
Geographic subjects:
Castel Gandolfo (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150168
Title:
Pro-life groups gaining ground.
Description:
A delegation from Notre Dame College in Baltimore holds a banner on the east front of the Capitol Building. [This photograph is from the same demonstration as "Abortion: con" (PC-42318[b]) and both are from the counter-protest referenced in the caption for "Abortion: pro." (PC-42317)]
Creator:
Tower News Service (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church.
Topics:
Pro-life movement--Washington (D.C.), Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150150
Title:
At Southern Catholic race conference.
Description:
Archbishop Paul J. Hallinan of Atlanta (center) was a major speaker at the Southern Catholic Leaders Conference on "Social Change and Christian Response." He is shown at a dinner held during the Atlanta meeting with Dom James Fox, O.C.S.O. (left); and Dr. Benjamin E. Mays.
Creator:
Sherry, Gerry. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Southern Catholic Leaders Conference., Hallinan, Paul J., Fox, Dom James., Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984.
Topics:
Race--Religious aspects, Religion and social problems--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Atlanta (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150090
Title:
LBJ memoirs: religion's role.
Description:
Mr. Johnson and his daughter, Mrs. Luci Nugent, chat with Father W.W. Schneider of St. Francis Xavier church after attending Mass in Stonewall, Texas, near the LBJ Ranch. At right is a member of the Knights of Columbus who participated in the service. Mrs. Nugent converted to Catholicism during the Johnson Administration and was later married in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. [The other two photos mentioned in captions can be found in photofile number P-42241]
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Knights of Columbus., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Nugent, Luci Baines Johnson., Schneider, W.W.
Topics:
Presidents--United States, Children of presidents--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Texas., New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149959
Title:
LBJ memoirs: religion's role.
Description:
Pope Paul VI and Mr. Johnson exchange gifts during their 1967 meeting at the Vatican. The former Chief Executive and the Roman Catholic pontiff discussed peace moves in Vietnam during the meeting. In his book, Mr. Johnson describes Pope Paul as "a quiet, serious and sensitive man profoundly dedicated to the cause of world peace."
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., VI, Paul, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Presidents--United States
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City., New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149941
Title:
Abortion: con.
Description:
Several teaching nuns from Maryland communities carry placards as they participate in an anti-abortion rally at the east front of the Capitol Building. [This photograph is from the same demonstration as "Pro-life groups gaining ground" (PC-42318[a]) and both are from the counter-protest referenced in the caption for "Abortion: pro." (PC-42317)]
Creator:
Tower News Service (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church.
Topics:
Pro-life movement--Washington (D.C.), Demonstrations--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149932
Title:
Black Catholic group charges Church, state conspiracy against U.S. blacks.
Description:
Article written for the Religious News Service.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., National Black Lay Catholic Caucus., Holmes, John., Pitts, Bob., Brown, Viola., Dulin, Joseph.
Topics:
African American Catholics., Race relations--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Racism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Rochester (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149764
Title:
Theologians continue to grapple with the question of "just wars."
Description:
Article written for the Religious News Service.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Institute for Policy Studies., Church of the Brethren., Catholic Church., Gibble, H. Lamar., Sjollema, Baldwin., II, John Paul, Pope, 1920-2005., Hirsch, Richard G., Barnet, Richard J.
Topics:
Pacifism--Religious aspects--Christianity., Pacifism--Religious aspects--Judaism., Pacifism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Derry (Northern Ireland), Harare (Zimbabwe)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149236
Title:
Theologians continue to grapple with the question of "just wars."
Description:
Article written for the Religious News Service.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Institute for Policy Studies., Church of the Brethren., Catholic Church., Gibble, H. Lamar., Sjollema, Baldwin., II, John Paul, Pope, 1920-2005., Hirsch, Richard G., Barnet, Richard J.
Topics:
Pacifism--Religious aspects--Christianity., Pacifism--Religious aspects--Judaism., Pacifism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Derry (Northern Ireland), Harare (Zimbabwe)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149221
Title:
Jewish leaders meet with Pope John Paul II.
Description:
Pope John Paull II greets Howard Squadron, center, president of the American Jewish Congress and Henry Siegman, executive director, at a recent Vatican audience.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., American Jewish Congress., Camp David Agreements (1978), Squadron, Howard M., Siegman, Henry.
Topics:
Judaism and international relations., Judaism and politics., Judaism--Relations--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148634
Title:
Vatican Aide blesses remains of U.S. servicemen killed in Iran.
Description:
Monsignor Annibale Bugnini, the papal representative in Iran, blesses the plastic-wrapped bodies of eight American servicemen killed in a hostage rescue attempt. To his left is Greek Catholic Archbishop Hilarion Capucci.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Kabūshī, Īlāryūn, 1922-2017., Bugnini, Annibale.
Topics:
Operation Eagle Claw, Iran, 1980., Prayers for the dead--Iran--Tehran.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148574
Title:
A moment of prayer in Teheran.
Description:
Archbishop Hilarion Capucci, of the Greek Melkite Catholic Church, prays with an unidentified hostage during an Easter visit in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Kabūshī, Īlāryūn, 1922-2017.
Topics:
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981., Church work with victims of crimes--Iran--Tehran., Easter service.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148550
Title:
Traditional approach to sexual ethics is being challenged in major churches.
Description:
Artist Joe Giacalone's cartoon and its humorous punchline suggest the intense concern among Christians for the complicated matter of human sexuality. Featured in This Week in Religion.
Creator:
Giacalone, Joe. (artist), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Methodist Church (Great Britain), United Church of God., Catholic Theological Society of America.
Topics:
Sex--Comic books, strips, etc., Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity., Sex instruction--Religious aspects--Christianity., Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148418
Title:
U.S. clergymen hold Easter services for hostages in Iran.
Description:
The Rev. Darrell Ruppiper, center, a Roman Catholic priest from Omaha, Neb., and the Revs. Jack Bremmer, left, of Lawrence, Kansas, and Nelson Thompson, of Kansas City, Mo., both Methodists, chat with newsmen after their arrival in Tehran.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., United Methodist Church (U.S.), Ruppiper, Darrell., Bremmer, Jack., Thompson, Nelson.
Topics:
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981., Church work with victims of crimes--Iran--Tehran., Easter service.
Geographic subjects:
Tehran (Iran)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148334

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