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Title: Ecumenical editor to retire.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, January 29, 1964, January 29, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Fey, Harold., Christian Theological Seminary (Indianapolis, Ind.)--Faculty.
Topical Subject(s): Publishers and publishing--Illinois--Chicago., Editors--Illinois--Chicago.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-30539; 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-30539_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353588

Title: Atlanta citizens honor Dr. King.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-32110 ATLANTA CITIZENS HONOR DR. KING ATLANTA -- Dr. Martin Luther King’s young daughter, Yolande, stands on tip-toe but isn’t quite tall enough to see over the table decorations as she tries to have a word with her parents. The occasion was a testimonial dinner for the noted Negro integration leader in recognition of his winning the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. The dinner was attended by a sell-out audience of 1,500 guests, about half of them white. It was sponsored by about 100 leading religious and civic residents of Atlanta, where Dr. King was born and where he is co-pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-2A-65-NAB)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, January 27, 1965, January 27, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006., King, Yolanda.
Topical Subject(s): Nobel Prize winners--Georgia--Atlanta., Civil rights workers--Georgia--Atlanta., Clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., African American clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., Spouses of clergy--Georgia--Atlanta., Children of clergy--Georgia--Atlanta.
Geographic subjects: Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Georgia, Atlanta., Atlanta (Ga.), North and Central America--United States--Georgia--Fulton--Atlanta
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-32110; 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-32110
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355939

Title: First women pastors in Switzerland.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30243 FIRST WOMEN PASTORS IN SWITZERLAND ZURICH, Switzerland -- For the first time Switzerland has women pastors. The first group of 12 women are ordained to the ministry of the Swiss Evangelical Church in an historic ceremony in Zurich’s Grossmuenster Cathedral. Performing the rites is the Rev. R. Kurtz of Zurich. All the women previously served in various congregations as assistants or acting pastors. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-11D-63-NAB)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher), Ringier Bilderdienst (Zurich, Switzerland) (photographer)
Date Created: 1963, November 18, 1963, November 18, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund--Clergy., Grossmünster (Zurich, Switzerland)
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--Switzerland--Zurich., Women clergy--Switzerland--Zurich., Ordination of women--Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund., Ordination of women--Protestant churches.
Geographic subjects: Switzerland, Zurich., Switzerland, Zurich., Zurich (Switzerland), Europe--Switzerland--Zürich--Zurich
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30243; 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-30243
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352920

Title: Synod scenes.
Description: At top, Dutch theologian Father Edward Schillebeeckx, O.P., chats with Cardinal John J. Carberry of St. Louis (right) as the two men arrive for a session of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1971, October 29, 1971, October 29, 1971
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Synodus Episcoporum., Schillebeeckx, Edward, 1914-2009., Carberry, John Joseph, 1904-1998.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy conferences., Religious gatherings--Catholic Church., Religious gatherings--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects: Vatican City., Vatican City., Europe--Holy See
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 149, image no. C-42253; 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-42253a
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150081

Title: Synod scenes.
Description: Below, Cardinal John C. Heenan, Archbishop of Westminster, England, arrives for the working session with Poland's Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski (right).
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1971, October 29, 1971, October 29, 1971
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Synodus Episcoporum., Heenan, John Carmel, 1905-1975., Wyszyński, Stefan, 1901-1981.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy conferences., Religious gatherings--Catholic Church., Religious gatherings--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects: Vatican City., Vatican City., Europe--Holy See
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 149, image no. C-42253; 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-42253b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:150102

Title: Pope blesses Agnus Dei.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31960 POPE BLESSES AGNUS DEI VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI immerses “Agnus Dei,” or Lamb of God, discs in a bowl of holy water and balsam during the first such ceremony of his reign. The oval discs of pure wax are stamped on one side with the impression of a lamb to symbolize Jesus and on the other with the papal coat-of-arms. They are solemnly blessed by Popes at intervals of seven years. The sacramentals are intended as protection against Satan, sickness, sudden death, temptation or tempests and as a medium of divine help for expectant mothers. At the Pope’s rights is Archbishop Enrico Dante, papal Master of Ceremonies. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-12D-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, December 21, 1964, December 21, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Dante, Enrico., Catholic Church--Clergy., Vatican Palace (Vatican City), Catholic Church--Customs and practices.
Topical Subject(s): Popes., Clergy--Vatican City., Agnus Dei (Sacramental), Sacramentals.
Geographic subjects: Vatican City., Vatican City., Europe--Holy See
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-31960; 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-31960
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355832

Title: Boston pickets protest Birmingham bombing.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-29896 BOSTON PICKETS PROTEST BIRMINGHAM BOMBING BOSTON -- Racial violence in Birmingham, Ala., was protested in Boston by pickets who paraded back and forth in front of the city’s Federal Building. They were led by the Rev. Vernon E. Carter, pastor of All Saints Lutheran church, a congregation of the Lutheran Church in America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-9C-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, September 16, 1963, September 16, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Carter, Vernon E.
Topical Subject(s): 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Lutheran Church--Clergy., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Lutheran Church., Picketing--Massachusetts--Boston., African American clergy--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects: Massachusetts, Boston., Alabama, Birmingham., Boston (Ma.), North and Central America--United States--Massachusetts--Suffolk--Boston
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. P-29896; 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-29896
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:344316

Title: Ban-bomb rally hears Russian archbishop.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30824 BAN-BOMB RALLY HEARS RUSSIAN ARCHBISHOP LONDON -- Russian Orthodox Archbishop Kyprian of Dmitrov (right) chats with Anglican Canon John Collins, chairman of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, at a tree planting ceremony in London’s Kennington Park. The tree, planted by Canon Collins, was said to be a cutting from one that survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945. Archbishop Kyprian, visiting England at the canon’s invitation, also addressed thousands at a ban-the-bomb demonstration in Trafalgar Square. He spoke in Russian and a translation of his talk was read by Canon Collins. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-4A-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, March 30, 1964, March 30, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Bishops., Kyprian, Archbishop of Dmitrov., Collins, L. John (Lewis John), Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament., Church of England--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--England--London., Bishops--England--London., Antinuclear movement--England--London., Interdenominational cooperation--England--London.
Geographic subjects: England, London., England, London., England, London., England, London., London (England), Trafalgar Square (London, England), Europe--England--Greater London--London
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. P-30824; 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-30824
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348279

Title: Clergymen escort president's body.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30294 CLERGYMEN ESCORT PRESIDENT’S BODY WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Clergymen-friends of the late President Kennedy fall into step behind the color guard as the body, borne upon a caisson, is taken in procession from the White House to the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Left to right, they are: Dean France B. Sayre of the Washington Cathedral (Episcopal); Msgr. John S. Spence, pastor of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, Washington; and Father Theodore Danusiar, pastor of the capital’s [sic] Holy Family Ukrainian Catholic church. They represented the nation’s clergy in the procession. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11E-63-W)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, November 24, 1963, November 24, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial., Sayre, Francis Bowes, 1915-2008., Spence, John Selby., Episcopal Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Byzantine rite, Ukrainian--Clergy., Danusiar, Theodore J., White House (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Presidents--United States., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Funeral rites and ceremonies--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Washington (D.C.), Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. PC-30294; 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-30294
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352981

Title: Archbishop selects Christmas cards for charity.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-30239 ARCHBISHOP SELECTS CHRISTMAS CARDS FOR CHARITY LONDON -- Dr. Arthur Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Mrs. Ramsey visit a London shop to select Christmas cards. Proceeds from the sale of the cards is earmarked for various charities. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-L-11D-63-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher), Planet News Ltd. (London, England) (publisher)
Date Created: 1963, November 18, 1963, November 18, 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Ramsey, Michael, 1904-1988., Church of England--Bishops., Ramsey, Joan Hamilton.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--England--London., Christmas cards--England--London., Spouses of clergy--England--London., Bishops' spouses--England--London.
Geographic subjects: England, London., England, London., England, London., England, London., London (England), Victoria (London, England), Europe--England--Greater London--London
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 101, image no. P-30239; 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-30239
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:352919

Title: Altar of Eucharistic Congress.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31890 ALTAR OF EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS BOMBAY -- A picturesque photograph of the high altar of the 38th International Eucharistic Congress at Bombay. It dominated the great Oval in the center of the city where 250,000 greeted Pope Paul VI during his first appearance at the Congress. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-12A-64-W)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, December 3, 1964, December 3, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., International Eucharistic Congress (38th : 1964 : Bombay, India), Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Eucharistic congresses--India--Mumbai., Papal visits--India--Mumbai., Altars--India--Mumbai., Clergy--India--Mumbai.
Geographic subjects: India, Mumbai., India, Mumbai., India, Mumbai., India, Mumbai., Mumbai (India), Asia--India--Mahārāshtra--Bombay
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-31890; 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-31890
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356581

Title: Protestant guest at Council collapses.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31601 PROTESTANT GUEST AT COUNCIL COLLAPSES VATICAN CITY -- Dr. Oscar Cullmann of Basel, a Protestant guest observer at the Vatican Council's third session, is carried away in a stretcher after he collapsed during opening ceremonies. He was taken to the first aid station at St. Peter's Basilica and after about an hour was driven to his Rome residence. His condition was described as not serious. Dr. Cullmann, noted theologian of the Swiss Reformed Church, is a professor at the University of Basel and at the Sorbonne in Paris. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-9D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Cullmann, Oscar., Basel Reformed Seminary (Paris, France), Université de Paris--Faculty., Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano., Schweizerischer Evangelischer Kirchenbund--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Councils and synods, Ecumenical., Loss of consciousness., First aid in illness and injury.
Geographic subjects: Vatican City., Europe--Holy See
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31601; 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-31601
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349208

Title: Chicago march leaders.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-34662 CHICAGO MARCH LEADERS CHICAGO -- Leaders of the civil rights marches protesting housing discrimination in Chicago discuss future strategy with their followers. Albert Raby, heading the effort, announces that plans to march in suburban Cicero have been postponed. With him are other Southern Christian Leadership Conference officials -- the Rev. James Bevel (left) and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-NY-8C-66-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1966, August 1966, August 1966
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Raby, Al, 1933-1988., Jackson, Jesse, 1941-, Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008., Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights workers--Illinois--Chicago., Discrimination in housing--Illinois--Chicago., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Clergy--Illinois--Chicago., African American clergy--Illinois--Chicago.
Geographic subjects: United States., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., Illinois, Chicago., United States, Chicago (Ill.), North and Central America--United States--Illinois--Cook--Chicago
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-34662; 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-34662
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358347

Title: Ecumenical journey to the Holy Land.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30823 ECUMENICAL JOURNEY TO THE HOLY LAND SOUTHAMPTON, England -- Four hundred Protestants and Roman Catholics from Great Britain boarded a ship at Southampton, England, on Easter Monday for a month-long “ecumenical journey” to the Holy Land. Ready with his camera is Anglican Bishop Robert Stopford of London. Others, from left to right, are the Rev. Peter Harvey, editor of Church Illustrated and Anglican World, publication which arranged the trip; the Rev. Kenneth Slack, secretary of the British Council of Churches, and Msgr. G.A. Tomlinson, administrator of Westminster Cathedral and leader of the Catholic group on the tour. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-L-4A-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, March 30, 1964, March 30, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Stopford, Robert Wright., Harvey, Peter., Slack, Kenneth., Tomlinson, George A., Catholic Church--Clergy., Church of England--Bishops., Church of England--Clergy., Catholic Church--Relations--Protestant churches.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--England--London., Clergy--England., Ecumenical movement--England--Southampton., Interdenominational cooperation--England--Southampton., Protestant churches--Relations--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects: England, London., England., England, Southampton., England, Southampton., Southampton (England), Europe--England--Southampton--Southampton
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30823; 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-30823
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348280

Title: Martin Luther King at Berlin Wall.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31562 MARTIN LUTHER KING AT BERLIN WALL BERLIN -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on a visit to Berlin at the invitation of Mayor Willy Brandt, gazes along the Berlin Wall. He later went through the wall at Checkpoint Charlie. East German border guards stopped the prominent integration leader, who had forgotten his passport, but after a delay allowed him to enter the Communist-dominated sector. Dr. King opened West Berlin's cultural festival, a two-week event dedicated to the interdependence of races. He also spoke in East Berlin's historic downtown St. Mary's church and took part in Protestant functions in both sections of the city. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WW-NY-9C-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, September 13, 1964, September 13, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Topical Subject(s): African American clergy--Germany--Berlin., African American civil rights workers--Germany--Berlin., African Americans--Relations with Germans., Communism and Christianity--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects: Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Germany, Berlin., Berlin (Germany), United States, Europe--Germany--Schleswig-Holstein--Berlin
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. P-31562 ; 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-31562b
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349174

Title: All-Christian World Peace Conference.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: P-31252 ALL-CHRISTIAN WORLD PEACE CONFERENCE PRAGUE -- Part of nearly 1,000 churchmen from five continents are seen at right as Dr. Martin Niemoeller, head of the Evangelical Church of Hesse and Nassau, West Germany, delivers a sermon at the All-Christian World Peace Congress at Prague, Czechoslovakia. Delegates to the conference sent a message to heads of the four major world powers pledging to “do all we can to overcome distrust and hatred between nations.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-7B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher), ČTK. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, June 28, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Niemöller, Martin, 1892-1984., Betlémská kaple (Prague, Czech Republic), All-Christian Peace Assembly., Evangelische Kirche in Hessen und Nassau--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Church and social problems., World politics--Religious aspects., Clergy--Czech Republic--Prague., Sermons--Czech Republic--Prague., Congresses and conventions--Czech Republic--Prague.
Geographic subjects: Czech Republic, Prague., Czech Republic, Prague., Czech Republic, Prague., Prague (Czech Republic)
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 104, image no. P-31252; 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-31252
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:350246

Title: 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 Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1963
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Jesuits., Ruiz, Luis., Casa Ricci (Macau, China), Catholic Church--Missions--China.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--China--Macau (Special Administrative Region), Missionaries--China--Macau (Special Administrative Region), Church work with refugees--China--Macau (Special Administrative Region)
Geographic subjects: China, Macau (Special Administrative Region), China, Macau (Special Administrative Region), China, Macau (Special Administrative Region), Macau., Macau (China : Special Administrative Region), Asia--Macau--Macau
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-29907; 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-29907
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358065

Title: Civil rights supporters express victory hopes.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30792 CIVIL RIGHTS SUPPORTERS EXPRESS VICTORY HOPES WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A U.S. Senate vote to launch formal debate on the House-passed Civil Rights Bill was received happily by supporters of the legislation. Victory signs, signifying rejection of Southern senators’ attempts to delay debate by subjecting the bill to committee hearings, are made, from left to right, by: Sen. Hubert Humphrey (D.-Minn.) and Sen Philip A. Hart (D.-Mich.), key legislative supporters of the measure, and three prominent Negro civil rights leaders -- the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, Dr. Martin Luther King and the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth. The Negro clergymen all have been active in integration efforts through the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, headed by Dr. King. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-3E-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, March 26, 1964, March 26, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978., Hart, Philip A. (Philip Aloysius), 1912-1976., Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Topical Subject(s): Legislators--United States., African American clergy--Washington (D.C.), Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil rights workers--Southern States.
Geographic subjects: United States., Washington (D.C.), United States., Southern States., Washington (D.C.), North and Central America--United States--District of Columbia--Washington
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 103, image no. PC-30792; 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-30792
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:348444

Title: Clergymen appeal for calm in Jersey riot.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-31382 CLERGYMEN APPEAL FOR CALM IN JERSEY RIOT JERSEY CITY, N.J., -- Clergymen and police cooperate in the effort to calm rioters who ripped through Jersey City, N.J., for three successive nights. Here Negro ministers drive through the strife-torn neighborhoods in a loudspeaker-equipped car broadcasting an appeal to end the racial violence. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-8B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives.
Topical Subject(s): African American clergy--New Jersey--Jersey City., Riots--New Jersey--Jersey City., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Police--New Jersey--Jersey City.
Geographic subjects: New Jersey, Jersey City., New Jersey, Jersey City., New Jersey, Jersey City., Jersey City (N.J.), North and Central America--United States--New Jersey--Hudson--Jersey City
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, Box 105, image no. PC-31382; 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-31382
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:349194

Title: Michelangelo's Pieta 'stored' for winter.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31733 MICHELANGELO’S PIETA ‘STORED’ FOR WINTER NEW YORK -- Michelangelo’s world famous Pieta -- seen by 13.8 million people at the New York World’s Fair -- is “stored” away for the winter until the fair reopens in April. As part of security measures a cage surround the priceless sculpture which will remain in its same location at the Vatican Pavilion. Closing the cage are Msgr. John J. Gorman, the pavilion’s director (left); and Father Joseph T. Lahey, assistant director. The statue also received a special covering to protect it from cold weather, although it will be in a heated area. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-10D-64-NAB)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, October 19, 1964, October 19, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Art., Jesus Christ--Art., New York World’s Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.), Gorman, John J., Lahey, Joseph T., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topical Subject(s): Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Pietà., Sculpture--New York (State)--New York., Marble sculpture--Storage--New York (State)--New York., Christian art and symbolism--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (N.Y.), Queens (New York, N.Y.), Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (New York, N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-31733; 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-31733
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:356531

Title: Ministers, religion professors jailed as Freedom Riders.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PF-26262 MINISTERS, RELIGION PROFESSORS JAILED AS FREEDOM RIDERS MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- These “Freedom Riders” were smiling as they arrived here by bus, but all were arrested the next day as they sought service at a segregated bus terminal lunch counter before their scheduled departure for Jackson, Miss. From left are Dr. John Maguire and Dr. David Swift, religion professors at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.; George B. Smith (head partially visible), Negro law student at Yale University; Dr. William S. Coffin, Jr., Yale chaplain and head of the group; the Rev. Gaylor [Gaylord] Noyce, associate professor of the Yale Divinity School; Clyde Carter and Charles Jones, Negro theological students at Johnston C. Smith University, Charlotte, N.C. Others arrested at the “white only” counter were four Negro integration leaders, the Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, pastor of First Baptist church here; the Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth of Birmingham; the Rev. Wyatt T. Walker, an executive of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and Bernard S. Lee, one of nine students expelled from Alabama State College last year for trying to stage a sit-in demonstration. Another Negro leader, the Rev. Solomon S. Seay, executive secretary of the Montgomery Improvement Association, was short in the wrist the same day, reportedly by a white man in a passing car. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-5D-61-DP)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1961, May 1961, May 1961
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Maguire, John David., Swift, David Everett, 1914-, Smith, George Bundy., Coffin, William Sloane, Jr., 1924-2006., Noyce, Gaylord B., Carter, Clyde Larocque., Jones, Charles, 1937-2019.
Topical Subject(s): Civil rights movements--United States., Freedom Rides, 1961., Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama--Montgomery., Clergy--Alabama--Montgomery., Civil rights workers--Alabama--Montgomery., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity., Seminarians--Alabama--Montgomery.
Geographic subjects: United States., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., Alabama, Montgomery., United States, Montgomery (Ala.), North and Central America--United States--Alabama--Montgomery--Montgomery
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PF-26262; 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_PF-26262
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:358357

Title: New York rights groups stage school boycott.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: PC-30553 NEW YORK RIGHTS GROUPS STAGE SCHOOL BOYCOTT NEW YORK -- The Rev. Milton A. Galamison, center, Presbyterian pastor from Brooklyn, headed a drive which resulted in a massive boycott of public schools in New York City on Feb. 3. The Negro civil rights leader is shown here at a press conference with representatives of the National Association for Puerto Rican Civil Rights -- Gilberto G. Valentina and Irma V. Santaella. The boycott planners declared that a School Board plan for integration was inadequate and that the demonstration would be held. Several hundred "freedom schools" were established, mainly in churches, for the many thousand youngsters staying away from their regular classes for the day. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-2B-64-NBM)
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, January 31, 1964, January 31, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Galamison, Milton A. (Milton Arthur), 1923-1988., Valentina, Gilberto G., Santaella, Irma V., National Congress for Puerto Rican Rights (U.S.), New York (N.Y.). Board of Education.
Topical Subject(s): Press conferences--New York (State)--New York., School integration--New York (State)--New York., African American clergy--New York (State)--New York., African American Presbyterians--New York (State)--New York., Women civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York., African American civil rights workers--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights demonstrations--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects: New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., New York (State), New York., United States., New York (N.Y.), North and Central America--United States--New York--New York
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. PC-30553; 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-30553
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:353846

Title: Defends organized religion.
Description: Organized religion is "not very well thought of" in today's secularized society, according to Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, general secretary of the World Council of Churches.
Creator Name(s): United Press International. (publisher)
Date Created: 1969, ca. October 6, 1969
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985.
Topical Subject(s): Religion., Secularization (Theology), Forums (Discussion and debate)--Wisconsin--Hudson.
Geographic subjects: Wisconsin, Hudson., Hudson (Wis.), North and Central America--United States--Saint Croix--Wisconsin--Hudson
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 133, image no. PC-39475; 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-39475
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:151356

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