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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Title:
Pastor-principal among parents indicted.
Description:
Extended caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Whisner, Levi W., United Missionary Church--Clergy., Whisner, Janice.
Topics:
Accreditation (Education)--Ohio--Greenville., Church schools--Ohio--Greenville., Church and education--Ohio--Greenville., Church and state--Ohio--Greenville., Indictments--Ohio--Greenville., Educational law and legislation--Ohio--Greenville.
Geographic subjects:
Greenville., Greenville (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362404
Title:
Pope Paul greets gospel singers.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Associated Press. (author)
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:362402
Title:
Long and winding road.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Associated Press. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Montagnards (Vietnamese people)--Vietnam--Đắk Nông., Refugees--Vietnam--Đắk Nông., Migration, Internal--Vietnam--Đắk Nông.
Geographic subjects:
Đắk Nông (Vietnam : Province)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362400
Title:
Pontiff travels by carriage.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Associated Press. (author)
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:362398
Title:
New year begins in Northern Ireland.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Irish Republican Army., Catholic Church--Relations--Protestant churches.
Topics:
Buildings--Blast effects--Northern Ireland--Belfast., Church and state--Northern Ireland--Belfast.
Geographic subjects:
Belfast (Northern Ireland), Northern Ireland--History--1968-1998.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362396
Title:
Grim warning.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Associated Press. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Children of God., Second Advent., Television feature stories--New York (State)--New York., Interviews--New York (State)--New York., Judgment of God., Fundamentalists--New York (State)--New York., Comets--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Kohoutek comet.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362394
Title:
Joyce Stedge denomination's first woman minister.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (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:362392
Title:
Catholic organist for Methodist Church.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Associated Press. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Miller, Lorraine Therese, Sister., Catholic Church--Relations--Methodist Church (U.S.), Glacier Way United Methodist Church (Ann Arbor, Mich.), University of Michigan. School of Music., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Relations--Catholic Church.
Topics:
Nuns--Michigan--Ann Arbor., Organists--Michigan--Ann Arbor., Women organists--Michigan--Ann Arbor., Ecumenical movement.
Geographic subjects:
Ann Arbor (Mich.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362390
Title:
Bell expert at work.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Theobald, William., Melrose Chapel (Brewster, N.Y.), Community of the Holy Spirit (New York, N.Y.), Whitechapel Bell Foundry (London, England)
Topics:
Bell founding--England--London., Bell ringers--New York (State)--Brewster., Instrumentalists--New York (State)--Brewster., American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976.
Geographic subjects:
Brewster (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362388
Title:
Raps his critics as 'Armies of Orthodoxy.'
Description:
Extended caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Berrigan, Daniel., Catholic Church--Clergy., Jesuits.
Topics:
Jewish-Arab relations., Judaism--Relations--Christianity., Christianity and other religions--Judaism., Award winners--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362386
Title:
Dr. Ralph Freed dies at 81, Christian broadcasting leader.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Freed, Paul E., Freed, Ralph, 1907-1973., Trans World Radio., Christian and Missionary Alliance.
Topics:
Radio broadcasting--Religious aspects--Christianity., Radio broadcasters--Monaco--Monte-Carlo., International broadcasting--Monaco--Monte-Carlo., Missionaries--Monaco--Monte-Carlo.
Geographic subjects:
Chatham (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362384
Title:
At forming of new denomination.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Langston, T. E. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Presbyterian Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Reformed Theological Seminary--Faculty., Smith, Morton H. (Morton Howison), 1923-, Williamson, Jack., Barker, Frank., Briarwood Presbyterian Church (Birmingham, Ala.), National Presbyterian Church (U.S.)--Congresses.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Alabama--Birmingham., Church history., Christian sects--United States., Clergy conferences.
Geographic subjects:
Birmingham (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362382
Title:
Having his say.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Gromyko, Andreĭ Andreevich, 1909-1989., Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023.
Topics:
Foreign ministers--Soviet Union., Cabinet officers--United States., Meetings--Switzerland--Geneva., Arab-Israeli conflict.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362380
Title:
Ministers on 'Pineapple Island.'
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Rutledge, Don. (author), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Dole Food Company., Rietdorf, A.G., King, Foy., Southern Baptist Mission., Southern Baptist Convention--Clergy., Kaunakakai Southern Baptist Church (Molokai, Hawaii), Southern Baptist Convention--Missions--Hawaii--Lanai.
Topics:
Fruit growers--Hawaii--Lanai., Church work with the working class--Hawaii--Lanai., Missionaries--Hawaii--Lanai., Filipino diaspora--Hawaii--Lanai., Filipinos--Migrations.
Geographic subjects:
Lanai (Hawaii)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362378
Title:
Challenges are planned against 20 firms.
Description:
Extended caption.
Creator:
Early, Tracy. (author), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Organization of African Unity., Sam, Mustafa., Wilson, Donald., Cary, W. (William) Sterling., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Catholic Church--Clergy., Franciscans., Daniel, Micheli Anthony., Smith, Timothy.
Topics:
Stockholders--New York (State)--New York., Capitalists and financiers--New York (State)--New York., International economic relations., Corporations--Investor relations--New York (State)--New York., International business enterprises--Religious aspects, Business--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Guinea-Bissau--Economic conditions--1974-, Africa, Southern--Economic conditions--1975-1994.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362375
Title:
Paul Revere's bell could ring again in 1776.
Description:
Extended caption.
Creator:
Wright, Elliott. (author), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Theobald, William., Melrose Chapel (Brewster, N.Y.), Community of the Holy Spirit (New York, N.Y.), Whitechapel Bell Foundry (London, England)
Topics:
Bell founding--England--London., Bell ringers--New York (State)--Brewster., Instrumentalists--New York (State)--Brewster., American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976.
Geographic subjects:
Brewster (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362372
Title:
Comet visible to early risers.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Associated Press. (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:362370
Title:
"City Under One God."
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Miami-Metro Department of Publicity and Tourism. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Askew, Reubin O’D, 1928-2014., Van Dyke, Vonda Kay., Ferré, Maurice A., 1935-, Miss America Pageant.
Topics:
Church and state--United States., Interfaith worship--Florida--Miami., Worship programs., Beauty contestants--Florida--Miami.
Geographic subjects:
Miami (Fla.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362368
Title:
Supports the president.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Associated Press. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Korff, Baruch, 1914-1995., National Citizens' Committee for Fairness to the Presidency (U.S.), Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994., Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Watergate Affair, 1972-1974., Presidents--United States., Political corruption--United States., Judaism--Relations--Christianity., Christianity and other religions--Judaism.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362366
Title:
Scripture tree.
Creator:
Vance, Margaret A. (author), American Bible Society. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Bible Society.
Topics:
Christmas--New York (State)--New York., Christmas decorations--New York (State)--New York., Holidays--New York (State)--New York., Christmas trees--New York (State)--New York., Christmas tree ornaments--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362363

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