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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Come, little children.
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Text transcribed from caption: C-45046 COME, LITTLE CHILDREN TABORA, Tanzania -- Children surround a missionary priest of the White Fathers during his visit to a village near Tabora, Tanzania. The famed missionary order is now marking its 105th year of service in Africa. The community of some 4,000 priests and brothers -- formerly known as the Missionaries of Africa -- is more popularly called the White Fathers because of their white habits adapted for use in Africa. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CR-GEN-12C-73-DS)
Creator:
Photo CIRIC (Geneva, Switzerland) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Missions--Tanzania--Tabora., White Fathers.
Topics:
Church work with children--Tanzania--Tabora., Missionaries--Tanzania--Tabora., Lay missionaries--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Tabora (Tanzania)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362482
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Apostolic delegate calls on president.
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Text transcribed from caption: C-45035 APOSTOLIC DELEGATE CALLS ON PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Nixon greets Archbishop Jean Jadot, Apostolic Delegate to the United States, during the latter's visit to the White House. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NSWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-WAS-12C-73-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994., Jadot, Jean, 1909-2009., Catholic Church--Bishops., White House (Washington, D.C.), Catholic Church--Diplomatic service.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Reception (Ecumenical relations)--Washington (D.C.), Bishops--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362481
Title:
Nun offers religious commentary on radio.
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Text transcribed from caption: C-45018 NUN OFFERS RELIGIOUS COMMENTARY ON RADIO NEW YORK -- Sister Mary Camille D'Arienzo, R.S.M., finds herself in the studios of WINS, a New York City all-news radio station, every Sunday when she offers a religious commentary. The nun, a member of the editorial staff of The Tablet, Brooklyn diocesan newsweekly, previously served at parochial schools and at the diocesan television center. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-NY-12B-73-DS)
Creator:
Schnaue, Hank. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., D'Arienzo, Camille, Sister Mary., WINS (Radio station : New York, N.Y.), Catholic Church., Sisters of Mercy.
Topics:
Nuns--New York (State)--New York., Radio broadcasters--New York (State)--New York., Women radio broadcasters--New York (State)--New York., Newspaper editors--New York (State)--New York., Women newspaper editors--New York (State)--New York., Radio broadcasting--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362480
Title:
The Cardinal gives a party.
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Text transcribed from caption: C-45016 THE CARDINAL GIVES A PARTY NEW YORK -- Cardinal Terence Cooke is surrounded by happy faces during his annual Christmas party for the children of the New York Foundling Hospital and the child-caring programs of the New York archdiocesan Catholic Charities. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (E-NY-12B-73-DS)
Creator:
EPA Newsphoto. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cooke, Terence, 1921-1983., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.), New York Foundling Hospital.
Topics:
Children's parties--New York (State)--New York., Christmas--New York (State)--New York., Holidays--New York (State)--New York., Church work with children--New York (State)--New York., Social work with children--New York (State)--New York., Cardinals--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362479
Title:
Dom Helder: Christians must implement stands.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-45002 DOM HELDER: CHRISTIANS MUST IMPLEMENT STANDS HOUSTON -- Archbishop Helder Pessoa Camara of Recife and Olinda, Brazil, speaks at a Mass in Houston's Rothko Chapel during a meeting of an internationally known group of educators and humanitarians to mark the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The controversial prelate said that Catholics and Protestants have both made significant statements on creating a more humane world, but they must now turn their attention to implementing their stands. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by Frank Grizzaffi (FG-HOU-12B-73-DS)
Creator:
Grizzaffi, Frank. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Câmara, Hélder, 1909-1999., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Olinda and Recife., Rothko Chapel (Houston, Tex.), United Nations. General Assembly. Universal Declaration of Human Rights--Anniversaries, etc., Catholic Church--Relations--Protestant churches.
Topics:
Mass--Celebration., Public speaking--Religious aspects., Speeches, addresses, etc., Philanthropists--Texas--Houston., Educators--Texas--Houston., Bishops--Texas--Houston.
Geographic subjects:
Houston (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362478
Title:
Pontiff travels by carriage.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-45001 PONTIFF TRAVELS BY CARRIAGE VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI waves to the crowd as he leaves St. Peter's Square in a horse-drawn carriage for his annual Dec. 8 trip to the center of Rome. Ordinarily, the pontiff travels by limousine from the Vatican to the Piazza de Espagna [sic. Piazza di Spagna] to lay a wreath at the foot of a statue of the Virgin Mary on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. This year, however, there was a special ban on private motor traffic in Italy on Dec. 8, a national holiday as well as a Holyday. The driving ban, as well as a prohibition against all Sunday driving, was part of the government's response to the worldwide energy crisis. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-ROM-12B-73-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Coaching (Transportation)--Vatican City., Feast of the Immaculate Conception--Vatican City., Energy conservation--Vatican City., Fasts and feasts--Catholic Church., Fasts and feasts--Vatican City., Popes.
Geographic subjects:
Piazza San Pietro (Vatican City), Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti (Rome, Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362477
Title:
"The People Shop"
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-44997 'THE PEOPLE SHOP' NEW YORK -- Stopping for a sip of coffee and a moment's escape from the hustle and bustle of holiday-time New York City is routine in a third floor oasis of tranquility and fellowship appropriately dubbed "the people shop." That's not really its name. It's really The Grail Shop, at 6 West 37th St. in Manhattan, a commercial enterprise of sorts. But instead of "business as usual," it is a place to sit, to share, to sip coffee, to meet old friends -- and occasionally to purchase a gift, a religious article. All the profits from the shop, which sells a plethora of cards, sculptures, mobiles, books and records, go to Grailville, a farm-like center near Loveland, Ohio, that serves as headquarters for the Catholic lay women's organization. The Grail, founded in the Netherlands in the 1920s by five women students and a Jesuit priest, has become an international lay women's movement whose simple aim has been to "bring Christ to the world." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (E-NY-12A-73-DS)
Creator:
Anspach, Bruce. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jesuits., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Stores, Retail--New York (State)--New York., Church fund raising--New York (State)--New York., Laity--Catholic Church., Women in church work--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362476
Title:
Pope Paul greets gospel singers.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-44994 POPE PAUL GREETS GOSPEL SINGERS VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI chats with members of the Black Nativity Gospel singing group from Philadelphia during an audience at the Vatican. The group sang several spirituals for the pontiff. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-ROM-12A-73-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Catholic Church--Bishops., Vatican Palace (Vatican City)
Topics:
Popes., Gospel singers--Vatican City., Reception (Ecumenical relations)--Vatican City., African Americans--Music., African American gospel singers--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City., Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362475
Title:
Bi-lingual.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-44981 BI-LINGUAL LOS ANGELES -- The growing trend of bi-lingual editions in the nation’s Catholic newspapers is typified by the front page of the Nov. 30 edition of The Tidings, Los Angeles archdiocesan newsweekly. A headline announcing the beginning of the Holy Year appears in both English and Spanish, as does a pastoral letter from Cardinal Timothy Manning. In recent years, many Catholic papers in areas where there are large Spanish-speaking communities have been issuing bi-lingual editions. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-LA-12A-73-DS)
Creator:
The Tidings Corporation (Los Angeles, Calif.) (publisher), Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Calif.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., The Tidings Corporation (Los Angeles, Calif.), Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Calif.), Manning, Timothy., Catholic Church--Publishing., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Bilingualism--California--Los Angeles., Bilingualism and literature., Publishers and publishing--California--Los Angeles., Religious literature--Publishing--California--Los Angeles., Religious literature--Distribution--California--Los Angeles., Spanish language--California--Los Angeles., Hispanic Americans--California--Los Angeles., Hispanic American Catholics--California--Los Angeles.
Geographic subjects:
Los Angeles (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362474
Title:
Hopeful that U.S. Catholics will join National Council.
Description:
Extended caption.
Creator:
Wright, Elliott. (author), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--Relations--Protestant churches., Espy, R. H. Edwin., American Baptist Convention.
Topics:
Lay ministry--Baptists., Ecumenical movement., American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362471
Title:
The 'Christmas Comet' v.s. Bethlehem's Star.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hayden Planetarium., Jesus Christ--Nativity., Palomar Observatory.
Topics:
Comets--New York (State)--New York., Star of Bethlehem., Astronomy in the Bible., Stars--Religious aspects--Christianity., Astronomy--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Kohoutek comet.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362469
Title:
How to save by running your own taxi service.
Description:
Extended caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Interchurch Center (New York, N.Y.), Bailey, J. Martin., Jones, Tracey., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy.
Topics:
Car pools--New Jersey--Montclair., Ridesharing--New Jersey--Montclair., Energy conservation--New Jersey--Montclair., Stock ownership--New Jersey--Montclair.
Geographic subjects:
Montclair (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362466
Title:
Pontiff meets with African leaders.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Associated Press. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Catholic Church--Bishops., Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975., Catholic Church--Foreign relations.
Topics:
Popes., Meetings--Vatican City., Catholic Church and world politics., Emperors--Ethiopia.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362464
Title:
Christmas blessing.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Blessing and cursing--Vatican City., Christmas--Vatican City., Popes.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362462
Title:
"Old North" anniversary is ecumenical.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher), Buckley. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Second Church (Boston, Mass.), Lawrence, Frederic Cunningham., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Episcopal Church. Diocese of Massachusetts., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Medeiros, Humberto Sousa, 1915-1983., Burgess, John, 1909-2003., Golledge, Robert W., Hines, John E. (John Elbridge), 1910-1997., Revere, Paul, 1735-1818., Willebrands, Johannes., Catholic Church. Secretariatus ad Christianorum Unitatem Fovendam., Catholic Church--Relations--Judaism.
Topics:
Judaism--Relations--Christianity., Christianity and other religions--Judaism., Judaism--Relations--Catholic Church., Interfaith worship--Massachusetts--Boston., American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362460
Title:
Three happy people.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Associated Press. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., Ford, Betty, 1918-2011., Ford, Susan--1957-
Topics:
Vice-presidents--United States., Children of presidents--United States., Vice-presidents' spouses--United States., Oaths--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362458
Title:
Rome: Peace on earth.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sonaglia, Amble., Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano., Michael (Archangel)--Art.
Topics:
Sculptors--Vatican City., Christian art and symbolism--Vatican City., Metal sculpture--Vatican City., Religious art--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362456
Title:
Woman preacher.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Associated Press. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Stedge, Joyce., Reformed Church in America--Clergy., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), Rochester Reformed Church (Accord, N.Y.)
Topics:
Ordination of women--New York (State)--Accord., Clergy--United States.--Accord., Women clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Accord (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362454
Title:
"Painless Sunday School" on CBS.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
CBS Broadcasting Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Efron, Marshall., CBS Television Network., Olsen, Alfa-Betty.
Topics:
Bible--Study and teaching., Children's television programs--New York (State)--New York., Storytelling--Religious aspects--Christianity., Television broadcasting--Religious aspects--Christianity., Church work with children--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362452
Title:
First family at services.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Associated Press. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994., Nixon, Pat, 1912-1993., Cox, Patricia Nixon, 1946-, Stephens, Joseph., San Clemente Presbyterian Church (San Clemente, Calif.)
Topics:
Church attendance--California--San Clemente., Presidents--United States., Presidents' spouses--United States., Children of presidents--United States.
Geographic subjects:
San Clemente (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362450

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