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Title: Paul Verghese.
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Paulos Gregorios, 1922-1998., Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church--Bishops.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--India.
Geographic subjects: India.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. 32157; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_32157
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355826

Title: WCC leader welcomes Cardinal Bea.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-32174 WCC LEADER WELCOMES CARDINAL BEA GENEVA -- Dr. W. A. Visser ‘t Hooft, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, welcomes Augustine Cardinal Bea, head of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, as the Roman Catholic ecumenical leader arrives in Geneva. Cardinal Bea made church history in Geneva by becoming the first Prince of the Church ever to visit the WCC’s world office and by announcing that the Vatican has accepted an invitation to hold joint conversations with representatives of the World Council. The first of these discussions by a Vatican-WCC working group was expected to take place within four months. The representatives will consider possible collaboration in such fields as social and international affairs and philanthropy and explore problems bearing on Christian unity. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-GEN-2D-65-NAB)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, circa February 19, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Visser’t Hooft, W. M. (Willem M.), World Council of Churches., Bea, Augustin, 1881-1968., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church--Relations--Protestant churches.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Switzerland--Geneva., Ecumenical movement--Switzerland--Geneva., Protestant churches--Relations--Catholic Church., Church and social issues.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-32174; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-32174
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355949

Title: Vatican, Protestant ecumenists meet.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-32230 VATICAN, PROTESTANT ECUMENISTS MEET GENEVA -- An ecumenical milestone was reached in Geneva, Switzerland, when Augustin Cardinal Bea (left), president of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, became the first Prince of the Catholic Church to visit World Council of Churches headquarters. He brought with him the momentous announcement that the Vatican “greets with joy and fully accepts” the proposal approved by the WCC’s Central Committee to form a joint working group with the Catholic Church to explore aspects of cooperation and collaboration. Also welcomed at the historical occasion was Dr. Marc Boegner (right) of Paris, longtime ecumenical leader who once was a co-president of the WCC and now is honorary president of the French Protestant Federation. Host at the meeting was Dr. W.A. Visser ‘t Hooft, the WCC’s general secretary and also a pioneer in the ecumenical movement. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-NY-3A-65-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, circa February 19, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Visser’t Hooft, W. M. (Willem M.), World Council of Churches., Bea, Augustin, 1881-1968., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church--Relations--Protestant churches., Boegner, Marc, 1881-1970.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Switzerland--Geneva., Ecumenical movement--Switzerland--Geneva., Protestant churches--Relations--Catholic Church., Church and social issues.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-32230; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-32230
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355952

Title: WCC-Vatican 'working group' discussed.
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, circa February 19, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Visser’t Hooft, W. M. (Willem M.), World Council of Churches., Bea, Augustin, 1881-1968., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church--Relations--Protestant churches., Boegner, Marc, 1881-1970.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Switzerland--Geneva., Ecumenical movement--Switzerland--Geneva., Protestant churches--Relations--Catholic Church., Church and social issues.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Geneva., Switzerland, Geneva., Geneva (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Geneva--Geneva
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-32231; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-32231
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355953

Title: Dr. Blake addresses Africa consultation.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-32050 DR. BLAKE ADDRESSES AFRICA CONSULTATION ENUGU, Nigeria -- Steps toward the solution of race problems are outlined at a consultation on “Christian Response to the African Revolution” by Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, chief administrative officer of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. and chairman of the National Council of Churches’ Commission on Religion and Race. Dr. Blake also is chairman of the World Council of Churches’ Committee on Inter-Church Aid, Refugee and World Service, which jointly sponsored the consultation with the All Africa Conference of Churches. The meeting preceded the WCC Central Committee meeting at Enugu, Nigeria. Seated, from left to right, are: the Rev. Jean Kotto, general secretary of the Evangelical Church in the Cameroun; Sir Francis Ibiam, governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria and one of the WCC’s six presidents, and Dr. Donal M’Timkulu, former general secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-EN-1D-65-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, circa January 12, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Hotel Presidential Limited (Enugu, Nigeria), Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy., World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service., Kotto, Jean., Église évangélique du Cameroun--Clergy., Ibiam, Akanu., M'Timkulu, Donald G.S., All Africa Conference of Churches.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Nigeria--Enugu., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Africa., Revolutions--Africa., National liberation movements--Africa., Revolutions--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: Nigeria, Enugu., Africa., Africa., Africa., Enugu (Nigeria), Africa--Nigeria--Enugu--Enugu
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-32050; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-32050
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355900

Title: African and Russian churchmen meet.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-32053 AFRICAN AND RUSSIAN CHURCHMEN MEET ENUGU, Nigeria -- World Council of Churches’ Central Committee sessions at Enugu, Nigeria, provided leading churchmen from many nations with opportunities to meet informally. Shown here are (from left to right): Sir Francis Ibiam, governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria and a WCC president; Russian Orthodox Metropolitan Nicodim of Leningrad and Lagoda, head of Russian Church’s information section and foreign affairs department; Archbishop Alexis of Tallin, manager of the Moscow patriarchate and first deputy to Metropolitan Nicodim in the information and foreign affairs departments, and Dr. Z.K. Matthews, the WCC’s Inter-Church Aid secretary for Africa. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-EN-1D-65-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, January 12-21, 1965, January 12-21, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Hotel Presidential Limited (Enugu, Nigeria), Ibiam, Akanu., Nikodim, Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod, 1929-1978., Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Bishops., Aleksiĭ II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, 1929-2008., Matthews, Z. K. (Zachariah Keodirelang), 1901-1968., World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Nigeria--Enugu., Ecumenical movement--Nigeria--Enugu., Clergy--Nigeria--Enugu., Bishops--Nigeria--Enugu.
Geographic subjects: Nigeria, Enugu., Nigeria, Enugu., Nigeria, Enugu., Nigeria, Enugu., Enugu (Nigeria), Africa--Nigeria--Enugu--Enugu
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-32053; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-32053
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355901

Title: Church and society conference discussed.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-32152 CHURCH AND SOCIETY CONFERENCE DISCUSSED ENUGU, Nigeria -- Plans for a World Conference on Church and Society, scheduled for July 1966, are discussed at Enugu, Nigeria, by churchmen attending a consultation on “Christian Response to the African Revolution” jointly sponsored by the World Council of Churches’ Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee and World Service and the All Africa Conference of Churches. The consultation preceded the WCC Central Committee meeting. From left to right are: Prof. Aluko of the economics department of the University of Nigeria; Dr. Paul Abrecht, executive secretary of the WCC’s Department on Church and Society; the Rev. Adeolu Adegbola, Methodist theologian and director of Immanuel Theological College at Ibadan, Nigeria; and Mr. Bola Ige, Ibadan lawyer who drafted a report on international affairs for the consultation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-EN-1D-65-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, circa January 12, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Hotel Presidential Limited (Enugu, Nigeria), World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service., All Africa Conference of Churches., World Conference on Church and Society (1966 : Geneva, Switzerland), Aluko, S. A., University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus--Faculty., Abrecht, Paul., Adegbọla, E. A. Ade., Immanuel College of Theology and Christian Education, Ibadan--Faculty., Methodist Church Nigeria--Clergy., Ige, Bola.
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Nigeria--Enugu., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Africa., Revolutions--Africa., National liberation movements--Africa., Revolutions--Religious aspects--Christianity., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Church and social problems.
Geographic subjects: Nigeria, Enugu., Africa., Africa., Africa., Switzerland, Geneva., Enugu (Nigeria), Africa--Nigeria--Enugu--Enugu
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-32152; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_PC-32152
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355945

Title: WCC General Secretary opens Central Committee meeting.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-32049 WCC GENERAL SECRETARY OPENS CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEETING ENUGU, Nigeria -- Annual sessions of the World Council of Churches’ policy-making Central Committee open at Enugu, Nigeria, with an address by Dr. W.A. Visser ‘t Hooft, general secretary of the international Protestant-Anglican-Orthodox organization since it was formed in 1948. Leading world churchmen at the speaker’s table (from left to right) are: Dr. Martin Niemoeller, noted German clergyman and retiring president of the Evangelical Church of Hesse-Nassau; Sir Francis Ibiam, governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria; Dr. Franklin Clark Fry, president of the Lutheran Church in America and chairman of the WCC Central and Executive Committees; Dr. Arthur Michael Ramsey, Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury; Archbishop Iakovos, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America; Charles C. Parlin, British Baptist Union general secretary and vice-chairman of the Central Committee. Dr. Niemoeller, Sir Francis, Dr. Ramsey, Archbishop Iakovos and Mr. Parlin all are co-presidents of the WCC. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-EN-1D-65-NBM)
Creator Name(s): World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, January 12, 1965, January 12, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Visser’t Hooft, W. M. (Willem M.), Niemöller, Martin, 1892-1984., Ibiam, Akanu., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., Ramsey, Michael, 1904-1988., Church of England--Bishops., Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America., Iakovos, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America., Parlin, Charles C. (Charles Coolidge), 1898-, Lutheran Church in America--Clergy., Payne, Ernest A. (Ernest Alexander), 1902-1980., Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland--Clergy., Evangelische Kirche in Hessen und Nassau--Clergy., Hotel Presidential Limited (Enugu, Nigeria)
Topical Subject(s): Congresses and conventions--Nigeria--Enugu., Clergy--Nigeria--Enugu., Ecumenical movement--Nigeria--Enugu.
Geographic subjects: Nigeria, Enugu., Nigeria, Enugu., Nigeria, Enugu., Enugu (Nigeria), Africa--Nigeria--Enugu--Enugu
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-32049; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related Item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_P-32049
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355899

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