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Title: DPs board "Ship of Freedom."
Description: The first displaced persons to be allowed to enter the United States under the new congressional act, begin to file aboard the U.S. Army transport General Black at Bremerhaven, Germany, Oct. 21. The DPs coming to America on the ship represent 11 nations and number 813 persons. Speeches by military and civic personages and a concert by an army band marked the sailing of the "Ship of Freedom." Photo radioed from London, received in New York Oct. 22.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1948, October 21, 1948, October 21, 1948
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Church World Service.
Topical Subject(s): Refugees--Europe., Refugees--Transportation--Germany--Bremerhaven., Refugees--Transportation--Germany--Bremerhaven., Passenger ships--Germany--Bremerhaven., Missions--Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects: Europe., Germany, Bremerhaven., Germany, Bremerhaven., Germany, Bremerhaven., Bremerhaven (Germany), Europe--Germany--Bremen--Bremerhaven
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 18, image no. P-7835; 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-7835
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:147031

Title: Bongo beat.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30609 BONGO BEAT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Songs to the accompaniment of bongo drums. The drummers are Sister Pierre de Sauveur, left, and Sister Thomas Edward of the White Sisters of Africa. Members of their order sang African folk songs at a Washington, D.C. program for African missions. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-RO-2B-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, February 6, 1964, February 6, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., White Sisters.
Topical Subject(s): Folk songs--Africa., Bongo music., Congresses and conventions--Washington (D.C.), Missions--Study and teaching--Washington (D.C.), Missionaries--Africa.
Geographic subjects: Africa., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Africa., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-30609; 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_C-30609
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353722

Title: Rescued Congo missionary recounts experience.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30549 RESCUED CONGO MISSIONARY RECOUNTS EXPERIENCE LEOPOLDVILLE, Congo -- Details of a narrow escape from death are recounted at Leopoldville, Congo, by Miss Ruth Hege, 58, of Wellington, Ohio, who was hit in the arm during an arrow attack that killed her companion, Miss Irene Ferrel, 42, of Jerome, Idaho. Both women were assigned to the Baptist Mid-Missions station at Mangungu, in the heart of the area attacked by anti-government terrorists. Miss Hege, later evacuated by helicopter, was left for dead after being struck by the arrow. In a transcontinental telephone conversation with Baptist Mid-Missions headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio, the veteran of 30 years of missionary service, many of them in Africa, said she planned to return to the U.S. "There is no future here," she said. "Conditions are chaotic...I don't want to return to the Congo." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-1E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, January 30, 1964, January 30, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Hege, Ruth B., Baptist Mid-missions (Organization)
Topical Subject(s): Terrorism--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Lay missionaries--Baptists., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Interviews--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kinshasa., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Kinshasa (Congo), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kinshasa--Kinshasa
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30549; 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-30549
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353844

Title: Salvation Army donates to Catholic school.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Salvation Army., Kaiser, Paul S., St. Emeric Special School for Exceptional Children (Cleveland, Ohio)
Topical Subject(s): Interdenominational cooperation--Missions., Nuns as teachers--Ohio--Cleveland., Church work with children with disabilities--Ohio--Cleveland., Christian education of children with disabilities--Ohio--Cleveland., Speech disorders in children--Ohio--Cleveland., Catholic schools--Ohio--Cleveland., Nuns--Ohio--Cleveland.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30527; 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-30527_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353486

Title: "Army" helps a Catholic school.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30527 'ARMY' HELPS A CATHOLIC SCHOOL CLEVELAND -- Help from the Salvation Army. Col. Paul S. Kaiser, commander for the Salvation Army's Northeastern Ohio Division, right, presented a tape recorder, four sets of earphones and other equipment needed by the St. Emeric Special School for Exceptional Children in Cleveland. Sister Mary Fidelia, S.S.J., and a student inspect the recorder which will be used to help correct speech defects. Col. Kaiser told Sister Mary Fidelia that he learned of the need for recording equipment from a non-Catholic whose child attends the school. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RLF-RR-1E-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Salvation Army., Kaiser, Paul S., St. Emeric Special School for Exceptional Children (Cleveland, Ohio)
Topical Subject(s): Interdenominational cooperation--Missions., Nuns as teachers--Ohio--Cleveland., Church work with children with disabilities--Ohio--Cleveland., Christian education of children with disabilities--Ohio--Cleveland., Speech disorders in children--Ohio--Cleveland., Catholic schools--Ohio--Cleveland., Nuns--Ohio--Cleveland.
Geographic subjects: Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Ohio, Cleveland., Cleveland (Ohio), North and Central America--United States--Ohio--Cuyahoga--Cleveland
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30527; 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-30527
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353838

Title: President visits old Texas church.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30559 PRESIDENT VISITS OLD TEXAS CHURCH FREDERICKSBURG, Tex. -- President Johnson attends services at a 118-year-old Protestant Episcopal church at Fredericksburg, Tex., not far from the First Family's LBJ ranch. The Rev. Jack Langford, rector of the stone and log St. Barnabas church, bends carefully as he proceeds through the low front door. The congregation, as the chart shows, is only $4,000 short of its $15,000 building fund quota. Interior and exterior views of the old mission church are shown below. President Johnson, a member of the Disciples of Christ, and Mrs. Johnson, an Episcopalian, worshipped at the 30-seat church in early January. At the service the rector acknowledged a gift of new seat cushions from the Johnsons. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-D-DAL-ZA-64-W)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Langford, Jack., St. Barnabas Church (Fredericksburg, Tex.), Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ)
Topical Subject(s): Church architecture--Conservation and restoration--Texas--Fredericksburg., Missionary settlements--Texas--Fredericksburg., Fund raising--Texas--Fredericksburg., Presidents--United States.
Geographic subjects: Texas, Fredericksburg., Texas, Fredericksburg., Texas, Fredericksburg., United States., Fredericksburg (Tex.), North and Central America--United States--Texas--Gillespie--Fredericksburg
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30559; 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-30559a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353796

Title: Pope receives expelled Sudan priests.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-30714 POPE RECEIVES EXPELLED SUDAN PRIESTS VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI held a special audience for about 200 missionaries forced out of Sudan on charges of anti-state of activities in that predominantly Muslim nation. During the audience some priests approached the pontiff to kiss his ring. In a moving address the Pope told the priests he had been following developments in Sudan "with intense pain." He expressed the hope that the Sudanese authorities "may re-examine the entire issue with serene objectivity." Meanwhile the Vatican Radio announced that more than 200 Catholic priests and nuns have been expelled from Sudan, including an Apostolic Vicar and two Prefects Apostolic. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-3B-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, March 10, 1964, March 10, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Missions--Sudan.
Topical Subject(s): Popes., Priests--Italy--Rome., Missionaries--Sudan., Exile (Punishment)--Sudan., Protestant churches--Clergy.
Geographic subjects: Italy, Rome., Sudan., Sudan., Vatican City., Sudan., Europe--Holy See
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-30714; 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_C-30714
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353751

Title: Wycliffe missionary in Viet Cong territory.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-32237 WYCLIFFE MISSIONARY IN VIET CONG TERRITORY VIETNAM -- A Brou tribeswoman’s eye is treated by John Allen, 34-year-old missionary for the Wycliffe Bible Translators from Allentown, Pa., who maintains an isolated jungle post near the North-South Vietnamese border, an area heavily infiltrated by Viet Cong guerillas. The nearest military protection is a small unit of U.S. special forces two miles away. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-3A-65-NBM)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, circa March 5, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wycliffe Bible Translators., Allen, John.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Vietnam--Quảng Trị (Province), Bru (Southeast Asian people)--Vietnam--Quảng Trị (Province), Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Vietnam--Quảng Trị (Province)
Geographic subjects: Vietnam, Quảng Trị (Province), Vietnam, Quảng Trị (Province), Vietnam, Quảng Trị (Province), Quảng Trị (Vietnam : Province), Asia--Viet Nam--Tỉnh Quảng Trị
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-32237; 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-32237
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355915

Title: Congo survivors greeted by Pope.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31998 CONGO SURVIVORS GREETED BY POPE VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI had a special greeting at a general audience for a group of nuns who escaped the massacre of missionaries at Wamba in the Congo. The Italian nuns are members of the Missionary Sisters of Verona. Other missionaries, including priest and Sisters, were in the general audience of some 1,000 persons in the Vatican’s Hall of Benedictions. The Pope has often paid tribute to the martyrdom of missionaries in the Congo and has made many pleas for peace in the new African nation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-1A-65-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, January 5, 1965, January 5, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Palace (Vatican City)
Topical Subject(s): Popes., Nuns--Vatican City., Massacres--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé., Returned missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé., Missionaries--Vatican City., Women missionaries--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects: Vatican City., Congo (Democratic Republic), Haut-Uélé., Congo (Democratic Republic), Haut-Uélé., Vatican City., Vatican City., Vatican City., Haut-Uélé (Congo), Europe--Holy See
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-31998; 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_C-31998
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355842

Title: Slain missionary honored.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31861 SLAIN MISSIONARY HONORED LEOPOLDVILLE -- A U.S. flag is draped around body of Dr. Paul Carlson, American medical missionary, slain by Congo rebels in a street massacre at Stanleyville that took at least 50 white lives. Standing at attention as the body arrived in Leopoldville is U.S. Ambassador G. McMurtrie Godley (in light suit). Next to him is Belgian Envoy Charles Kerchove (dark suit). Dr. Carlson was among some 100 men, women and children herded into the street by the rebels and shot at as Belgian paratroopers neared in an attempt to liberate the hostages. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, November 25, 1964, November 25, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Carlson, Paul--Death and burial., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Godley, George McMurtrie., Kerchove, Charles.
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Capital punishment--Congo (Democratic Republic), Ambassadors--United States., Massacres--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), United States., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kinshasa (Congo), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kinshasa--Kinshasa
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-31861; 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-31861
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356688

Title: Safe from Congolese rebels.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31862 SAFE FROM CONGOLESE REBELS LEOPOLDVILLE -- Wrapped in a blanket, a small girl is carried by an American Protestant missionary as they leave plane in Leopoldville after flight from Stanleyville. The girl and Alfred Larson of East Islip, N.Y., a missionary of the Unevangelized Field Mission, were among American and European hostages rescued from Congo rebels by Belgian paratroopers and armed forces of the Congo central government. At least 50 whites, including missionaries, were reported massacred by the rebels as rescuing forces were on their way. Before boarding the plane, Mr. Larson, 36, led his wife, daughter and a group of Americans, Britons and Greeks to safety. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, circa November 25, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Larson, Alfred Frederick., Unevangelized Fields Mission (Philadelphia, Pa.)--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Topical Subject(s): Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa., Massacres--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kisangani.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Kinshasa., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kisangani., Kinshasa (Congo), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo--Kinshasa--Kinshasa
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-31862; 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-31862
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356689

Title: Belgian royalty comforts nun.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31863 BELGIAN ROYALTY COMFORTS NUN BRUSSELS -- Sister Anne Marie Merkens, rescued from Congolese rebels, is comforted by Belgian King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola on arrival at the Brussels airport. The Catholic nun was among many whites rescued from the hands of rebels in Stanleyville by Belgian paratroops. Sister Anne Marie told the Associated Press that she and other nuns had been forced by the rebels to parade down a street in Basoto, near Stanleyville. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, November 26, 1964, November 26, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Merkens, Anne Marie., Fabiola, Queen, consort of Baudouin I, King of the Belgians, 1928-2014., Baudouin I, King of the Belgians, 1930-1993., Catholic Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Topical Subject(s): Nuns--Belgium--Brussels., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kisangani., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kisangani., Kings and rulers--Belgium., Massacres--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kisangani.
Geographic subjects: Belgium, Brussels., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kisangani., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kisangani., Belgium., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kisangani., Brussels (Belgium), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kisangani (Congo), Europe--Belgium--Brussels-Capital Region--Brussels
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-31863; 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-31863
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356690

Title: Missionary sentenced to death in Congo.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31830 MISSIONARY SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CONGO NEW YORK -- Dr. Paul Carlson, an American Protestant medical missionary, has been sentenced to death by the rebel Stanleyville government on charges of spying for the Congo central government. He is shown here during the summer of 1964 presenting corn and eggs to a native in a Congo village. At right is another American missionary, Dr. Philip Littleford of Baltimore. Dr. Carlson, 36, comes from Rolling Hills, Cal., and has been serving in the Congo under the Evangelical Covenant Church of America. Both the State Department and the Pentagon have denied that he has any military connection. Secretary of State Dean Rusk appealed to Premier Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya to do all he can to halt the threatened execution. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11C-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, circa July 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Carlson, Paul--Death and burial., Carlson, Paul., Littleford, Philip., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Topical Subject(s): Physicians--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Capital punishment--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic), Africa--Democratic Republic of the Congo
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-31830; 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-31830
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356639

Title: Baptist retire chapel car.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: BAPTIST RETIRE CHAPEL CAR #S-3420 CHICAGO, Ill. -- Chicago’s Baptists have bidden farewell to one of the last vestiges of a vanishing era in American life--a “chapel” car. A historic relic of Frontier Christianity, the “church on wheels” owned by the Northern Baptist Convention was on exhibition here before making its last trip to the convention’s assembly ground at Green Lake, Wisconsin. Known as “Grace” the car contained pulpit, organ, pews for 65 worshippers and a three-room apartment for the minister and his family. Standing beside the car here are the Rev. and Mrs. Howard Parry who used the car at Provo, Utah for two years. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-LM-5A-6-W-B)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1946, April 25, 1946, April 25, 1946
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company., Parry, Howard.
Topical Subject(s): Pastoral theology--Equipment and supplies., Rural clergy--Travel., Railroad passenger cars--Illinois--Chicago., Chapels--Illinois--Chicago., Returned missionaries--Utah--Provo., Home missions--West (U.S.), Baptists--Missions.
Geographic subjects: Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Utah, Provo., West (U.S.), Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. S-3420; 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_S-3420
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:359579

Title: American priest arrested in Seoul.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-46248 AMERICAN PRIEST ARRESTED IN SEOUL SEOUL -- Father James P. Sinnott is arrested in Seoul by South Korean riot police during a demonstration to demand the release of political prisoners. A Roman Catholic Maryknoll priest from Brooklyn, N.Y., Father Sinnott is Vicar General of the Inchon diocese, west of Seoul. He was among several Korean and foreign Catholic priests escorting about 35 relatives of prisoners convicted this year under emergency decrees of President Park Chung Hee. The group was marching from Seoul’s Myondong Catholic Cathedral to a Protestant church building to attend a prayer meeting when riot police broke up the march, arresting Father Sinnott and three others. He was released after hours of questioning. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-SEO-11B-74-DS)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1974, November 14, 1974, November 14, 1974
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America., Catholic Church--Missions--Korea (South), Sinnott, James P., 1929-2014., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Demonstrations--Korea (South)--Seoul., Clergy--Korea (South)--Seoul., Missionaries--Korea (South)--Seoul., Civil rights demonstrations--Korea (South)--Seoul., Political prisoners--Korea (South), Police--Korea (South)--Seoul., Dissenters--Government policy--Korea (South)
Geographic subjects: Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Korea (South), Seoul., Korea (South), Seoul (Korea), Asia--South Korea--Seoul--Seoul
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-46248; 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-46248
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:361937

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