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:
Welcome to Rome.
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Text transcribed from caption: C-29946 WELCOME TO ROME ROME -- Stefan Cardinal Wyszinski, Primate of Poland, carries roses presented to him upon his arrival in Rome to participate in sessions of the Second Vatican Council. The cardinal, the highest-ranking prelate from a Communist country to attend the Council, headed a group of 25 Polish bishops. Some 35 other Polish prelates remained at home, not having received exit permits to attend the Council sessions. Cardinal Wyszinski, an outspoken critic of the Communist regime in Poland, recently delivered several sermons denouncing restrictions placed on the Church in his homeland. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (K-ROM-9E-63-RB)
Creator:
Keystone (Rome, Italy) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Wyszyński, Stefan, 1901-1981.
Topics:
Bishops--Italy--Rome., Communism and Christianity--Poland., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Councils and synods--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy), Poland.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358074
Title:
First Ecumenical Council.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29938 FIRST ECUMENICAL COUNCIL VATICAN CITY -- Resumption of the Second Vatican Council recalls the first of the previous 20 Ecumenical Councils held in the history of the Church. That first Council was held at Nicaea in the year 325. Summoned by Pope Sylvester I and lasting two months and 12 days, it condemned Arianism which denied the divinity of Christ; formulated the Nicene Creed; and fixed a formula for dating Easter observances. Vatican II, called by the late Pope John XXIII, is aimed at Church renewal and reform in the 20th century. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-9D-63-RB)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Council of Nicaea (1st : 325 : Nicaea, Turkey)--Pictorial works., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--History.
Topics:
Episcopal conferences (Catholic)--Turkey--Nicaea., Episcopal conferences (Catholic)--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Nicaea (Turkey), Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358072
Title:
Vietnamese prelates in Rome.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29930 VIETNAMESE PRELATES IN ROME ROME -- Prelates and priests from South Vietnam are shown as they arrived in Rome for the second session of the Second Vatican Council. Seven Vietnamese bishops were among the early arrivals. In a statement they said that one of the aims of the Council was to define the situation of the Church in the world. South Vietnam has been involved in a controversy in which Buddhists have charged persecution by the Diem government. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-RO-9D-63-W)
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano)
Topics:
Bishops--Italy--Rome., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhism--Relations--Catholic Church., Councils and synods--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy), Vietnam (Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358071
Title:
Pope proposes Roman Curia reforms.
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Text transcribed from caption: C-29915 POPE PROPOSES ROMAN CURIA REFORMS VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI gestures as he receives prelates and officials of the Roman Curia. In addressing them he proposed that the Church’s central administrative body be modernized for today’s age. Major reforms asked by the Pope included greater authority to diocesan bishops, who now must refer many matters to Rome; collaboration of bishops with the Pope in the “study and responsibility” of Church government; internationalization of Curia members, now predominantly Italian; and education of Curia personnel along more “ecumenical” lines. Coming a week before the opening of the Second Vatican Council’s second session, the Pope’s address to the Curia gave added significance to the first item on the Council’s agenda. This was entitled “Of the Church” and dealt mainly with relations between bishops and the Church in modern times. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-9D-63-NAB)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Catholic Church. Curia Romana., Catholic Church--Bishops., Vatican Palace (Vatican City), Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--Government.
Topics:
Popes., Bishops--Vatican City., Church renewal--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358070
Title:
Council moderators.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29892 COUNCIL MODERATORS VATICAN CITY -- These Princes of the Church have been named by Pope Paul VI to a commission of four moderators which will direct the assemblies of the Second Vatican Council. The commission replaces the Council’s Secretariat for Extraordinary Affairs. It is made up of Gregory Peter XV Cardinal Agagianian, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, top left; Leo Josef Cardinal Suenens, Archbishop of Malines-Brussels, top right; Julius Cardinal Doepfner, Archbishop of Munich and Freising, lower left; and Giacamo Cardinal Lercaro, Archbishop of Bologna, lower right. The Council’s session will open Sept. 29. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RPT-NY-9C-63-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Aghachanean, Grigor Petros., Suenens, Léon Joseph, 1904-1996., Döpfner, Julius, 1913-1976., Lercaro, Giacomo, 1891-1976.
Topics:
Bishops., Councils and synods--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358064
Title:
Pope offers more powers to bishops in move to broaden control of church.
Description:
Clipping from the September 22, 1963 issue of the New York Times.
Creator:
New York Times Company. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Catholic Church. Curia Romana., Catholic Church--Bishops., Vatican Palace (Vatican City), Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--Government.
Topics:
Popes., Bishops--Vatican City., Church renewal--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357967
Title:
First Ecumenical Council.
Description:
Alternate captions from an earlier use of this print by RNS.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Council of Nicaea (1st : 325 : Nicaea, Turkey)--Pictorial works., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--History.
Topics:
Episcopal conferences (Catholic)--Turkey--Nicaea., Episcopal conferences (Catholic)--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Nicaea (Turkey)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357943
Title:
Pontiff receives Curia.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Catholic Church. Curia Romana., Catholic Church--Bishops., Vatican Palace (Vatican City), Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--Government.
Topics:
Popes., Bishops--Vatican City., Church renewal--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357935
Title:
Pope arrives at session's final meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31845 POPE ARRIVES AT SESSION’S FINAL MEETING VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI is carried down the nave of St. Peter’s Basilica as he arrives at the Ecumenical Council to promulgate as decrees decisions reached at the third session. Collegiality, in which bishops share in the Church’s government; ecumenism, in which Catholics are urged to pray with other Christians for church unity; and a new title for the Virgin Mary -- “Mother of the Church” -- are provided for in the decrees. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-11E-64-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano.
Topics:
Popes., Liturgical reform., Ecumenical movement--Vatican City., Processions, Religious--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356681
Title:
Methodist observers at council.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31689 METHODIST OBSERVERS AT COUNCIL VATICAN CITY -- These two American churchmen are among eight delegate-observers for the World Methodist Council serving on a rotating basis. Shown are Dean Robert E. Cushman of Duke University Divinity School, Durham, N.C. (left); and Dean Walter G. Muelder of Boston School of Theology. The World Methodist Council’s representatives include one British clergyman and five other American Methodist leaders. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-10B-64-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Methodist Council., Cushman, Robert Earl., Duke University. Divinity School--Faculty., Muelder, Walter George, 1907-, Boston University. School of Theology--Faculty., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--Relations--Methodist Church (U.S.), Methodist Church (U.S.)--Relations--Catholic Church.
Topics:
Councils and synods, Ecumenical., Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356665
Title:
Pope receives council observers and guests.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31671 POPE RECEIVES COUNCIL OBSERVERS AND GUESTS VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI received some 70 Protestant and Eastern Orthodox delegate-observers and guests attending the Vatican Council’s third session, and was introduced to each churchman individually. Shown here are, left to right: Dr. William B. Blakemore, dean of the Disciples of Divinity House, University of Chicago; Dr. William G. Baker, lecturer in practical theology, Scottish Congregational College, Edinburgh, Scotland; Augustin Cardinal Bea, president of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, which invited the observers and guests; Pope Paul; and Bishop Jan Willebrands, secretary of the unity secretariat. Dr. Blakemore and Dr. Baker represented the World Convention of Churches of Christ (Disciples) at the Council. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-10A-64-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Blakemore, Wm. Barnett (William Barnett), 1912-1975., University of Chicago. Divinity School--Faculty., Disciples Divinity House Seminary, University of Chicago Divinity School (Chicago, Ill.), Baker, William G., Scottish Congregational College--Faculty., Bea, Augustin, 1881-1968., Catholic Church. Pontificium Consilium ad Christianorum Unitatem Fovendam., Catholic Church--Bishops., Willebrands, Johannes., World Convention of Churches of Christ.
Topics:
Popes., Councils and synods, Ecumenical., Reception (Ecumenical relations)--Europe--Holy See.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356663
Title:
Coptic and Orthodox council observers.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CEPO-31690 COPTIC AND ORTHODOX COUNCIL OBSERVERS VATICAN CITY -- Two delegate-observers at the Vatican Council’s third session await the opening of a general congregation in St. Peter’s Basilica. They are Dr. Teodoro Moriones, a professor, representing the Patriarchate of Alexandria of the Coptic Church of Egypt (left); and Archimandrite Andre Scrima of Paris, representative of the Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, Turkey. The Egyptian Coptic Church also had observers at the Council last year, while the Ecumenical Patriarchate sent delegates for the first time at the current session. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-10B-64-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano., Moriones, Teodoro., Coptic Church--Clergy., Scrima, André, 1925-2000., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Bishops., Catholic Church--Relations--Coptic Church., Catholic Church--Relations--Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Relations--Catholic Church., Coptic Church--Relations--Catholic Church.
Topics:
Councils and synods, Ecumenical., Popes., Interdenominational cooperation., Ecumenical movement.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356604
Title:
Aided petition drive.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31841 AIDED PETITION DRIVE VATICAN CITY -- Bishop Francis F. Reh, rector of the North American College in Rome, played a leading role in the dramatic final moments of the Second Vatican Council’s third session. Bishop Reh assisted Cardinas Leger, Ritter and Meyer in securing more than 1,000 signatures on a petition calling for a vote on religious liberty. Onetime rector of St. Joseph’s Seminary at Yonkers, N.Y., Bishop Reh headed the Charleston, S.C., See until appointment to the post in Rome. Pope Paul VI ruled that he would not override the decision of the 12-man Council presidency which deferred voting on religious liberty until the fourth session. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-NY-11D-64-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Reh, Francis F., Pontifical North American College (Rome, Italy)
Topics:
Acolytes--Catholic Church., Mass--Celebration.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356569
Title:
Paul VI gives tiara to world's poor.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31819 PAUL VI GIVES TIARA TO WORLD’S POOR VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI places his diamond-studded papal tiara on an altar as an offering for the world’s poor while attending a solemn Concelebrated Mass in the Byzantine Rite before Fathers of the Vatican Council in St. Peter’s Basilica. With him (left) is Archbishop Enrico Dante, papal master of ceremonies. At right, Melkite Rite Patriarch Maximos IV Saigh of Antioch and all the Orient kisses cross held by the Pope. The patriarch officiated at the Mass with 12 bishops and archimandrites. The beehive-shaped crown donated by the Pope is made of silver, with three gold coronets set with diamonds, sapphires and rubies. It had been presented to him on his coronation by the faithful of the Milan See where he had served as archbishop for five years. Valued by some at $80,000 the crown was to be sold at public auction and the proceeds given to the poor. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (K-11C-64-NAB)
Creator:
Keystone (Rome, Italy) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--Byzantine rite--Liturgy., Catholic Church--Bishops., Maximos IV, Patriarch of Antioch, 1878-1967., Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano.
Topics:
Popes., Mass., Bishops--Vatican City., Crosses--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356559
Title:
Paul VI gives tiara to world's poor.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31819 PAUL VI GIVES TIARA TO WORLD’S POOR VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI places his diamond-studded papal tiara on an altar as an offering for the world’s poor while attending a solemn Concelebrated Mass in the Byzantine Rite before Fathers of the Vatican Council in St. Peter’s Basilica. With him (left) is Archbishop Enrico Dante, papal master of ceremonies. At right, Melkite Rite Patriarch Maximos IV Saigh of Antioch and all the Orient kisses cross held by the Pope. The patriarch officiated at the Mass with 12 bishops and archimandrites. The beehive-shaped crown donated by the Pope is made of silver, with three gold coronets set with diamonds, sapphires and rubies. It had been presented to him on his coronation by the faithful of the Milan See where he had served as archbishop for five years. Valued by some at $80,000 the crown was to be sold at public auction and the proceeds given to the poor. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (K-11C-64-NAB)
Creator:
Keystone (Rome, Italy) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--Byzantine rite--Liturgy., Catholic Church--Bishops., Dante, Enrico., Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano.
Topics:
Popes., Mass., Bishops--Vatican City., Tiara, Papal., Church work with the poor--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356558
Title:
New ‘Swiss Guards’ at Council.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31667 NEW ‘SWISS GUARDS’ AT COUNCIL VATICAN CITY -- A new generation of “Swiss Guards” stands shoulder to shoulder with an adult member of the papal group at a general congregation of the Vatican Council. The boys, who come from Trani in southern Italy, were given special permission to don the uniforms for the session. The “served” as guards under the authorization of Archbishop Pericle Felici, secretary-general of the Council. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (K-10B-64-NAB)
Creator:
Keystone Rome. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Vatican City. Guardia svizzera pontificia., Catholic Church--Bishops., Felici, Pericle, 1911-1982, Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano)
Topics:
Papal guards., Armored troops--Uniforms., Papal uniforms--Europe--Holy See., Children's costumes--Europe--Holy See.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356521
Title:
Women auditors attend council meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31666 WOMEN AUDITORS ATTEND COUNCIL MEETING VATICAN CITY -- Five of the 15 women--lay and religious--allowed by Pope Paul VI to attend the Vatican Council’s third session as auditors take their places at a general congregation. From left are: Marchesa Amalia Cordero of Motnezemolo, Italy; Dr. Alda Micelli, president general, Missionaries of the Kingdom of Christ, Italy; Miss Rosemary Goldie of Australia; Mother Mary Luke, superior general, Sisters of Loretto, Kentucky, and head of the Conference of Major Religious Superiors of Women’s Institutes of America; and Mlle. Marie Louise Monnet, president, International Movement of Independent Social Circles, France. Of the 15 women, eight are nuns and seven lay persons. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (K-10B-64-NAB)
Creator:
Keystone Rome. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Cordero, Marchesa Amalia., Micelli, Alda., Goldie, Rosemary., Tobin, Mary Luke, 1908-, Sisters of Loretto., Monnet, Marie Louise.
Topics:
Councils and synods, Ecumenical., Nuns--Europe--Holy See., Women in missionary work--Europe--Holy See., Lay missionaries--Catholic Church., Lay missionaries--Europe--Holy See., Women in the Catholic Church--Europe--Holy See.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356520
Title:
Women auditors attend council meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31666 WOMEN AUDITORS ATTEND COUNCIL MEETING VATICAN CITY -- Five of the 15 women--lay and religious--allowed by Pope Paul VI to attend the Vatican Council’s third session as auditors take their places at a general congregation. From left are: Marchesa Amalia Cordero of Motnezemolo, Italy; Dr. Alda Micelli, president general, Missionaries of the Kingdom of Christ, Italy; Miss Rosemary Goldie of Australia; Mother Mary Luke, superior general, Sisters of Loretto, Kentucky, and head of the Conference of Major Religious Superiors of Women’s Institutes of America; and Mlle. Marie Louise Monnet, president, International Movement of Independent Social Circles, France. Of the 15 women, eight are nuns and seven lay persons. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (K-10B-64-NAB)
Creator:
Keystone Rome. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Cordero, Marchesa Amalia., Micelli, Alda., Goldie, Rosemary., Tobin, Mary Luke, 1908-, Sisters of Loretto., Monnet, Marie Louise.
Topics:
Councils and synods, Ecumenical., Nuns--Europe--Holy See., Women in missionary work--Europe--Holy See., Lay missionaries--Catholic Church., Lay missionaries--Europe--Holy See., Women in the Catholic Church--Europe--Holy See.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356519
Title:
Vatican council, 3rd session.
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Councils and synods, Ecumenical.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356514
Title:
Fathers of Vatican Council.
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Traglia, Luigi., Rugambwa, Laurean., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Councils and synods, Ecumenical.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356513

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