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:
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:
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:
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:
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:
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
Title:
Non-Catholic observers to ecumenical council.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
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:356424
Title:
Paul VI gives tiara to world's poor.
Creator:
Keystone (Rome, Italy) (author)
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., Maximos IV, Patriarch of Antioch, 1878-1967., Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano.
Topics:
Popes., Mass., Bishops--Vatican City., Tiara, Papal., Crosses--Vatican City., Church work with the poor--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356373
Title:
Audience for non-Catholics.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
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:356320
Title:
Non-Catholic observers to ecumenical council.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Torrisi, Mario. (author)
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:356274
Title:
Pope arrives for final session.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
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:356242
Title:
"Minor elevation" in new Mass.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-32200 ‘MINOR ELEVATION’ IN NEW MASS BOSTON -- Extensive changes in the celebration of the Mass will be inaugurated in parishes around the country on the first Sunday of Lent, March 7, in accordance with the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy promulgated at the Second Vatican Council. One of the dramatic changes occurs at the conclusion of the Canon when the celebrant raises the Host and chalice together as shown in photo. This is the “minor elevation” during which the priest recites a prayer mentioning the three Persons of the Trinity and the congregations responds with “Amen.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CB-BOS-2D-65-NAB)
Creator:
Buckley, C.M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Liturgy., Catholic Church--Clergy., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano)
Topics:
Mass., Liturgical reform., Lent--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355878
Title:
Cardinal visits Islamic university.
Description:
Includes captions for other, unidentified photos.
Creator:
Middle East Features Service (Cairo, Egypt) (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., König, Franz, 1905-2004., Catholic Church--Bishops., Jāmiʻat al-Azhar., Jāmiʻat al-Azhar--Faculty., El-Bakoory, Ahmed Hassan., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--Relations--Judaism., Catholic Church--Relations--Islam.
Topics:
Bishops--Egypt--Cairo., Islam--Relations--Catholic Church., Islam--Relations--Judaism., Universities and colleges--Egypt--Cairo.
Geographic subjects:
Cairo (Egypt)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355683
Title:
"Minor elevation" in new Mass.
Creator:
Buckley, C.M. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Liturgy., Catholic Church--Clergy., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano)
Topics:
Mass., Liturgical reform., Lent--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355666
Title:
Dialogue and a gift.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30732 DIALOGUE AND A GIFT PHILADELPHIA -- Roman Catholic and Methodist leaders of Philadelphia in an ecumenical dialogue. Here Archbishop John J. Krol, left, presents to Methodist Bishop Fred Pierce Corson a memento of the Second Vatican Council. The gift, a medal presented to the Catholic prelate by Pope Paul VI, was made as the two churchmen completed a half-hour discussion on a Philadelphia TV station. It was their second televised dialogue within a year. Archbishop Krol is an undersecretary of the Council, while Bishop Corson, president of the World Methodist Council, attended the first and second sessions as a delegate-observer. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GR-PHIL-3C-64-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Król, John J. (John Joseph), 1910-1996., Corson, Fred P. (Fred Pierce), 1896-, Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Philadelphia (Pa.), Catholic Church--Bishops., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Catholic Church--Relations--Methodist Church (U.S.), Methodist Church (U.S.)--Relations--Catholic Church., World Methodist Council., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano)
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation., Ecumenical movement., Papal medals--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Television broadcasting--Religious aspects--Christianity., Forums (Discussion and debate)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353875
Title:
Dialogue and a gift.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Król, John J. (John Joseph), 1910-1996., Corson, Fred P. (Fred Pierce), 1896-, Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Philadelphia (Pa.), Catholic Church--Bishops., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Bishops., Catholic Church--Relations--Methodist Church (U.S.), Methodist Church (U.S.)--Relations--Catholic Church., World Methodist Council., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano)
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation., Ecumenical movement., Papal medals--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Television broadcasting--Religious aspects--Christianity., Forums (Discussion and debate)--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353529

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