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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U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt gets Bible.
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Text transcribed from caption: S-966 U.S.S. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT GETS BIBLE NEW YORK -- Chaplain Gilbert Darlington, of the New York Naval Militia, and treasurer of the American Bible Society, presents a ship’s Bible to Lt. Commander Walter H. Kreamer, Duty Commander, after church services on board the newly commissioned U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (SBA-NY-LM-11-7-5)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358950
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Czech Catholics fight for parochial schools.
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Text transcribed from caption: #928 CZECH CATHOLICS FIGHT FOR PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS PRAGUE -- Msgr. Frantisek Hala, Postmaster General of Czechoslovakia, addresses a crowd of Bohemian peasants in the village of Bibrans during a popular festival. He tells them of the fight by priests and laymen to defend Catholic schools from confiscation by the state under a new bill drawn up by the Communist-controlled ministry of education. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EZ-PR-EZ-11-1-5)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358949
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Mary & Martha.
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Text transcribed from annotations: #913 MARY & MARTHA Women of the Bible.
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358948
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Canadian Cardinal baptizes Mexican child.
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Text transcribed from caption: #910 CANADIAN CARDINAL BAPTIZES MEXICAN CHILD Jean-Marie Rodrique Cardinal Villeneuve of Quebec is shown baptizing a child of humble Mexicans in the Cathedral of Mexico City. The Cardinal was in Mexico to officiate as Papal Legate at celebrations marking the 50th anniversary of the Crowning of the Virgin of Guadalupe as Mexico’s patroness. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JSH-MC-TFD-10295)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358947
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“Indian” Jews sing in Synagogue.
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Text transcribed from caption: #908 “INDIAN” JEWS SING IN SYNAGOGUE A group of members of the congregation of “Indian” Jews located on the outskirts of Mexico City sing to the accompaniment of a pedal-organ. The men have their heads covered, as the Mosaic law requires. Orthodox Judaism does not permit the use of any musical instruments within the synagogue, but Mexico’s Indian Jews have probably not heard of this. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JSH-MC-LM-10315)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358946
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Dutch ‘God-children’ reach Switzerland.
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Text transcribed from caption: #905 DUTCH ‘GOD-CHILDREN’ REACH SWITZERLAND First Dutch “God-Children” arrive in Geneva under the auspices of Swiss Protestant church groups. The children, victims of war, will be given care and schooling by the church agencies. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AHF-GE-LM-11-8-5)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358945
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Foreign churchmen study in Chicago.
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Text transcribed from caption: #865 FOREIGN CHURCHMEN STUDY IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, Ill. -- Churchmen from a number of foreign countries are studying at an International Seminar on Churchmanship at the Chicago Theological Seminary and its allied schools. The Seminar lasts until Christmas. (Left to right) Rev. Sabapathy Kulendran, Jaffna, Ceylon; Miss Manorama Power, Sataru [sic. Satoru], India; Rev. Samuel Devapragasam, Arupakoty [sic. Aruppukkottai], India. University of Chicago Chapel is in background. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PS-CH-LM-10255)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358944
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Laymen take over churches -- for a day.
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Text transcribed from annotations: #855 LAYMEN TAKE OVER CHURCHES -- FOR A DAY Laymen took over Protestant churches in many communities on Laymen’s Sunday, preached the sermon and greeted members of the congregation. Typical of the annual observance was this scene showing J.C. Penny [sic. J.C. Penney], head of the famous chain of department stores, welcoming members of Christ Church in New York City as the pastor, Dr. Ralph W. Sockman, looks on. (CS-NY-LM-10235)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358943
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Young Peoples Church.
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Text transcribed from annotations: #812 YOUNG PEOPLES CHURCH. Hollywood, Calif.
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358942
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Only American woman in Philippine Army.
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Text transcribed from caption: #806 ONLY AMERICAN WOMAN IN PHILIPPINE ARMY Miss Lottie M. Spessard, a missionary, was the only American woman to serve in the Philippine Army during the struggle for liberation, it has just been revealed in Mania. She was commissioned a second lieutenant with the guerilla forces at Kiangan and served as an army nurse. She is now in Manila to secure relief supplies for the people she used to nurse. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JMS-MAN-LM-10195)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358941
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Bearded bishops.
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Text transcribed from caption: #757 BEARDED BISHOPS Here is a gallery of leading European Eastern Orthodox bishops, dressed in imposing robes and waring [sic. wearing] the picturesque klobuk, or mitre. All have strong, interesting faces, and wear their beards long, in imitation of Christ and the early disciples, as is traditional among all Orthodox clergy, except in the United States and other non-European areas, where priests are frequently clean-shaven. The group also wears the panagia, or chain, to which is attached an image of the Savior or of the Blessed Virgin. Eastern Orthodox Christianity comprises a group of national churches under the jurisdiction of the patriarchates of Constantinople, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem. Russia, largest of all Orthodox countries, has her own patriarchate in Moscow. The Eastern churches hold staunchly to their age-old customs and traditions.
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358940
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Historic American churches.
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Text transcribed from caption: #748 HISTORIC AMERICAN CHURCHES NEWINGTON, N.H. – Worship services have been held at the Newington Congregational Church, above, every Sunday since January 21, 1713. It is the oldest Congregational church in continuous use in the country. (One of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RHA-MAN-JOG-7-R)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358939
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Canadian Catholics hold Eucharistic congress.
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Text transcribed from caption: #744 CANADIAN CATHOLICS HOLD EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS Banners in the Papal colors of gold and white decorated St. Anne’s Church in Tecumseh, Canada, for the eucharistic congress of London diocese. A thousand worshippers thronged the church and heard sermons in French and English urging them to set a public example of their faith by attending mass Sundays and Holy Days. So many clergy from the diocese attended, the overflow were accommodated in the front pews. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CCS-WIN-LM-1085)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358938
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Sukkot.
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Text transcribed from annotations: #740 SUCCOTH [sic. SUKKOT] Jewish Theological Seminary. Jewish holidays.
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358937
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Community advertises Lord’s Acre Plan.
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Text transcribed from caption: #727A COMMUNITY ADVERTISES LORD’S ACRE PLAN Begun among small country churches in western North Carolina in 1930, the Lord’s Acre Plan is now being used by thousands of rural churches in the U.S., and many in other parts of the world. The plan calls for setting aside of a certain proportion of each church member’s crops to be given to his church. Here one community proudly advertises the plan. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO RH-CHI-M-1035
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358936
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Basilica.
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Text transcribed from caption: #1054 BASILICA To the Church of the Nativity, reputedly the oldest Christian church in existence, part of which is shown here, worshippers gather for 24-hour services, highlighted by midnight Mass and the singing of carols to hail the birth of the Redeemer. The Mass is celebrated by the Latin Patriarch of the Holy Land, whose arrival in the town is marked by elaborate ceremonies. (TD-NY-TD-11-29-5)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358935
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Religious literature to Italy.
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Text transcribed from caption: #1046 RELIGIOUS LITERATURE TO ITALY Among those at the airport in Geneva when religious literature was flown from the World Council of Churches to Italy were (left to right) Stewart Herman, Jr., an American secretary of the Council; Colonel Frank Brown, ranking Italian theater chaplain; Olivier Beguin of the Council’s Prisoner of War service, and S.C. Michelfelder, Lutheran “ambassador” to the council. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-RR-11-25-5)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358934
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Plumbing is this monk’s specialty.
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Text transcribed from caption: #1036 PLUMBING IS THIS MONK’S SPECIALTY Holder of a plumber’s diploma, Brother Philip Girard of the Roman Catholic Redemptorist Order, helped install fixtures in the new monastery and church built by eight priests in the 43-family hinterland parish of Devonshire, Ontario. Valued at $60,000, the new structure was built by the priests at a cost of only $8,000. Every phase of the project from spreading gravel on the driveway to installing two giant hot water furnaces was done by a brother or priest. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (Star-can-LM-11255)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358933
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Sunday school.
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Text transcribed from caption: #1021 SUNDAY SCHOOL A Sunday school student reads his assignment to the assembled members. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CS-NY-LM-11-14-5)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358932
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Czech Catholics give thanks to Virgin Mary.
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Text transcribed from caption: #1017 CZECH CATHOLICS GIVE THANKS TO VIRGIN MARY PRAGUE -- Catholics in Prague held a week of thanksgiving to the Virgin Mary for the protection of the Czechoslovakian people during the war. Festivities centered around the Palladium, a bronze and jeweled medal of the Virgin and Child worn by St. Wenceslas, protector of Czechoslovakia, but lost for 200 years after his martyrdom in 929. Shown speaking at outdoor services is Prior Jerolimek [sic. Jarolimek] of the Premonstratensian monastery of Strahov, who is expected by many to be named the Archbishopric of Prague, vacant since 1941. Second from the left is a Jesuit priest, Father Kolacek, who was imprisoned by the Germans in Dachau concentration camp. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EZ-LM-11-15-5)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358931

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