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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Butz comment about pope scored.
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Text transcribed from caption: C-46287 BUTZ COMMENT ABOUT POPE SCORED NEW YORK -- Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz has been scored by Roman Catholic and Italian-American leaders after he was quoted using a mock Italian accent in dismissing Pope Paul’s criticism of wealthy nations for telling poor nations to mee their hunger problems by controlling their populations. “He no playa the game, he no maka the rules,” Mr. Butz was reported in the New York Daily News as telling a breakfast meeting of newsmen in Washington. Later, he said his remark was “off the record.” Denouncing the remark as “a crude, pointed insult directed at Pope Paul VI,” the Archdiocese of New York sent a telegram to President Ford demanding that his Agriculture Secretary “apologize immediately or resign.” Rep. Mario Biaggi (D-N.Y.) also sent a telegram to President Ford asking that Mr. Butz be dismissed “for his anti-Catholic, anti-Italian remarks” and charging that the Secretary has “shown an offensive, bigoted mentality.” The New York archdiocesan Senate of Priests also called for his “immediate resignation or removal.” Mr. Butz’ remark, according to an Agriculture Department aide, was a retelling of a joke which he had heard at the World Food Conference in Rome, which Mr. Butz attended as head of the American delegation. The Agriculture Secretary has apologized for it. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-NY-11D-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Butz, Earl L. (Earl Lauer), 1909-2008., United States. Department of Agriculture., World Food Conference (1974 : Rome, Italy), United Nations--Congresses.
Topics:
Cabinet officers--United States., Economic policy--Congresses., Food supply--Congresses and conventions., Invective., Congresses and conventions--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361904
Title:
"Modern" Christ featured on new magazine.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-46209 ‘MODERN’ CHRIST FEATURED ON NEW MAGAZINE ROME -- The cover of a new Roman Catholic journal launched in Rome shows a long-haired, bearded young man, dressed in a light suit, white shirt and dark tie. A caption reads: “Look Jesus full in the face.” The magazine, called “Jesus” and devoted exclusively to the life and times of Christ, is published by the Society of St. Paul for the Apostolate of Communications (Pauline Fathers). It is a response to results of a recent public opinion survey in Italy of religious beliefs and attitudes. The survey showed that of a long list of famous people, Jesus was “most interesting” to older persons, while Karl Marx, Mao Tse-tung, Mohammed, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mahatma Ghandhi scored better with young people. The Pauline Fathers expressed hope that their publication would “penetrate and make real the time and the world of Jesus, in accord with a spirit of critical investigation.” A conservative Catholic organization has, however, filed suit against the magazine, claimed the image of the modern Christ on the cover offends Italy’s state religion. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-ROM-11A-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Pious Society of St. Paul--Publishing., Jesus Christ--Pictorial works.
Topics:
Periodicals--Italy--Rome., Church and mass media--Italy--Rome., Church work with young adults--Catholic Church., Church and state--Italy., Church and state--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361897
Title:
New image.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Pious Society of St. Paul--Publishing., Jesus Christ--Pictorial works.
Topics:
Periodicals--Italy--Rome., Church and mass media--Italy--Rome., Church work with young adults--Catholic Church., Church and state--Italy., Church and state--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361889
Title:
Rome's great basilicas.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-45713 ROME’S GREAT BASILICAS -- HOLY YEAR SHRINES (Fourth of a Series) ROME -- Inside the Basilica of St. Paul’s-Outside-the-Walls, Corinthian columns support a procession of arches moving toward the apse. In contrast to the relatively simple exterior, the interior displays iridescent and striking mosaic decoration -- adapted from the Romans -- along the nave walls, on the “triumphal arch” leading into the apse, and on the apse itself. These mosaics are remnants saved from the fire which destroyed the old basilica and range in age from antiquity to the Middle Ages. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (R-7B-74-DS)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., San Paolo fuori le mura (Church : Rome, Italy), Catholic Church--Buildings.
Topics:
Church buildings--Italy--Rome., Church architecture--Italy--Rome., Neoclassicism (Architecture)--Italy--Rome., Architecture--Details--Italy--Rome., Church decoration and ornament--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360851
Title:
Italian sisters care for orphans.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-4006 ITALIAN SISTERS CARE FOR ORPHANS ROME -- War-ravaged Italy presents few such happy scenes as this, which occurred at a convent near here where Catholic sisters care for abandoned and orphaned youngsters. UNRRA helps supply some of their rations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (KEY-NY-MES-7A-6-C)
Creator:
Keystone Press Agency Ltd. (London, England) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
Topics:
Catholic orphans--Italy--Rome., Orphans--Italy--Rome., Nuns--Italy--Rome., Children--Institutional care--Italy--Rome., Church work with orphans--Italy--Rome., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Italy.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359825
Title:
Standards at Mother Cabrini Canonization.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4088-4089 STANDARDS AT MOTHER CABRINI CANONIZATION ROME -- One of the canvases which hung from the balconies in St. Peter’s Basilica at the canonization of Mother Cabrini is shown above, left. The painting depicts the miraculous cure of Paul Pezzini, an Italian workman who for 25 years was afflicted with a tumor and who was also stricken with acute double pneumonia and an intestinal inflammation. This was one of the two miracles accepted in 1944 by Pope Pius XII which led to the diminutive nun’s canonization within 30 years after her death in Chicago. At the right is shown a standard which looked out over St. Peter’s Square, outside the Basilica. The canvas portrays the new Saint accompanied by two of the heavenly host, while at the bottom of the panel a ship steams through the sea toward the New York skyline. Mother Cabrini crossed the Atlantic 26 times, became a naturalized American citizen in Seattle in 1909. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BE-RO-JOG-7B-6-C)
Creator:
Bergh. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano., Cabrini, Frances Xavier, Saint, 1850-1917., Pezzini, Paul.
Topics:
Gathering rites., Canonization., Christian saints--United States., Religious art--Italy--Rome., Christian art and symbolism--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359769
Title:
Banner at canonization.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: 4086-4087 BANNER AT CANONIZATION ROME -- Carried aloft in the Papal procession which opened the ceremony of canonization of Mother Cabrini in St. Peter’s Basilica was the resplendent standard shown here. On the front of the banner (left) Mother Cabrini looks down from heaven with compassion on the ill, the needy, and the helpless. The reverse side of the banner (right) depicts the small, frail nun as she knelt before Pope Leo XIII who instructed her to labor in the United States rather than go to China, a land which had attracted her from childhood. In the background is the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor, which Mother Cabrini first beheld in 1889 upon completion of her initial voyage from Italy. Before her death in Chicago in 1917 Mother Cabrini crossed the Atlantic 26 times. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BE-RO-JOG-7B-6-C)
Creator:
Bergh. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cabrini, Frances Xavier, Saint, 1850-1917., Leo XIII, Pope, 1810-1903., Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano.
Topics:
Gathering rites., Canonization., Christian saints--United States., Religious art--Italy--Rome., Christian art and symbolism--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy), Statue of Liberty National Monument (N.Y. and N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359768
Title:
The few who are happy.
Description:
Alternate caption on reverse.
Creator:
Keystone Press Agency Ltd. (London, England) (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
Topics:
Catholic orphans--Italy--Rome., Orphans--Italy--Rome., Nuns--Italy--Rome., Children--Institutional care--Italy--Rome., Church work with orphans--Italy--Rome., World War, 1939-1946--Civilian relief., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Italy.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359673
Title:
The manger.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #1056 THE MANGER Pilgrims come to the Chapel of the Manger to kneel in prayer at the place where once the infant Christ was laid. The shrine is lighted by fifteen silver lamps which are kept perpetually burning. The manager [sic. manger] itself is preserved in the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. (TD-NY-TD-11-29-5)
Creator:
Doyle. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Santa Maria Maggiore (Church : Rome, Italy), Jesus Christ--Nativity.
Topics:
Catholic church buildings--Italy--Rome., Chapels--Italy--Rome., Crib in Christian art and tradition--Italy--Rome., Crèches (Nativity scenes)--Italy--Rome., Christian shrines--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358813
Title:
Michelangelo's sculpture of Moses.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #29705 Michelangelo’s sculpture of Moses, San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, Italy. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NY-PL-63)
Creator:
New York Public Library. (publisher), Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564. (sculptor)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Moses, (Biblical leader)--Statues., S. Pietro in Vincoli (Church : Rome, Italy)
Topics:
Sculpture--Italy--Rome., Marble sculpture--Italy--Rome., Christian art and symbolism--Italy.--Rome., Christian art and symbolism--16th century.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358014
Title:
First New Guinea nuns make perpetual vows.
Creator:
Society of the Divine Word. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Nangumaia, Josepha., Imbue, Aloisa.
Topics:
Nuns--Papua New Guinea--Wewak., Consecration of nuns--Papua New Guinea--Wewak., Catholic converts--Papua New Guinea.--Wewak., Monasticism and religious orders--Papua New Guinea., Monasticism and religious orders for women--Papua New Guinea., Monasticism and religious orders--Habit.
Geographic subjects:
Wewak (Papua New Guinea), Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358003
Title:
Sister Josepha Nangumaia.
Creator:
Society of the Divine Word. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Nangumaia, Josepha., Imbue, Aloisa.
Topics:
Nuns--Papua New Guinea--Wewak., Consecration of nuns--Papua New Guinea--Wewak., Catholic converts--Papua New Guinea.--Wewak., Monasticism and religious orders--Papua New Guinea., Monasticism and religious orders for women--Papua New Guinea.
Geographic subjects:
Wewak (Papua New Guinea), Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357919
Title:
Who me?
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31925 WHO ME? ROME -- “I didn’t do it,” this startled three-year-old choir boy seems to be telling the photographer as he clutches a religious vessel. Age and wisdom -- in the person of 92-year-old Msgr. Giuseppe Pazzaglia -- comfort the boy, frightened by flash bulbs. The child, Francesco Ritrovato, marched in procession in Rome’s central Piazza di Spagna to the statue of the Virgin Mary in observance of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. The holy day was highlighted by a visit from Pope Paul VI who placed a wreath of flowers before the statue. Msgr. Pazzaglia, one of the oldest active Catholic priests in Italy, is attached to the St. Andrea delle Fratte church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (K-12C-64-NAB)
Creator:
Keystone (Rome, Italy) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Pazzaglia, Giuseppe., Ritrovato, Francesco.
Topics:
Clergy--Italy--Rome., Feast of the Immaculate Conception--Italy--Rome., Processions, Religious--Italy--Rome., Children--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy), Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti (Rome, Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356596
Title:
Italian bagpipers?
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31920 ITALIAN BAGPIPERS? ROME -- Every Christmas many Italian “bagpipers,” called zampognari, converge on Rome to play Yuletide melodies for an appreciative audience. Here, in Rome Via Frattina, one of them teams up with a “Babbo Natale,” dressed in traditional custom. [sic] Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-12C-64-NAB)
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Bagpipe--Italy--Rome., Bagpipers--Italy--Rome., Christmas--Italy--Rome., Bagpipers--Social life and customs.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356592
Title:
Pope marks Marian feast.
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Popes., Christmas--Italy--Rome., Christmas trees--Italy--Rome., Feast of the Immaculate Conception--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356591
Title:
Pope returns home from India.
Description:
C-31896 POPE RETURNS HOME FROM INDIA ROME -- A smiling but tired Pope Paul VI acknowledges the warm welcome given to him by a cheering crowd on his arrival at Rome’s Fiumicino Airport from his momentous visit to Bombay, India. Thousands of people holding lighted torches and the ringing of church bells accompanied the Pope during his evening ride to Vatican City. Behind him were a four-day visit to Bombay and an 8,000-mile flight. While in the Indian city -- for the 38th International Eucharist Congress -- the Pope met with many government officials and leaders of non-Catholic religions. At these meetings and in his talks, the Pope’s themes were religious unity, peace and aid to the world’s poor. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (K-12B-64-NAB)
Creator:
Keystone Rome. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Aeroporto Leonardo da Vinci di Fiumicino., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Papal visits--India--Bombay., Popes., Automobile travel--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356587
Title:
Who me?
Creator:
Keystone (Rome, Italy) (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Pazzaglia, Giuseppe., Ritrovato, Francesco.
Topics:
Clergy--Italy--Rome., Feast of the Immaculate Conception--Italy--Rome., Processions, Religious--Italy--Rome., Children--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy), Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti (Rome, Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356255
Title:
Pope baptizes Congolese converts.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-32213 POPE BAPTIZES CONGOLESE CONVERTS ROME -- Pope Paul VI baptizes a group of 12 Congolese converts, who later received their first Holy Communion and were Confirmed at the Basilica of St. Paul-Outside-the-Walls in Rome. The rites were held in connection with a memorial Mass for 130 Catholic missionaries killed in the Congo since that country’s independence in 1960. In a sermon the Pope condemned the “brutal violation” of basic human rights in recent violence in African nations. Christians have a duty, he said, to “stigmatize such crimes and bring them before the conscience of the world.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-3A-65-NAB)
Creator:
Keystone (Rome, Italy) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., San Paolo fuori le mura (Church : Rome, Italy)
Topics:
Popes., Baptism--Catholic Church., Baptism--Italy--Rome., Sacraments--Catholic Church., Catholic converts--Congo (Democratic Republic), Massacres--Congo (Democratic Republic), National liberation movements--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy), Congo (Democratic Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355885
Title:
Actor charged with Vatican bombing.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-32166 ACTOR CHARGED WITH VATICAN BOMBING VATICAN CITY -- Charged by Italian police with the bombing of a Vatican entrance was actor Claudio Volonte, 26, shown wearing a beard for a role in “The Deputy.” He is a brother of actor-producer Gian Maria Volonte, who tried to stage the controversial play in the basement of a deconsecrated Rome church. The drama, which depicts Pope Pius XII as failing to denounce publicly Nazi anti-Jewish crimes, was banned by the Rome Prefecture under the Vatican-Italy concordat which protects the “sacred character” of the Eternal City. The explosion at the Vatican Gate of Santanna on the Via di Porta Angelica injured no one, but caused some damage to buildings and windows. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-2C-65-NAB)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958--Drama., Camaso, Claudio, 1934-1977.
Topics:
Bombings--Vatican City., Actors--Italy--Rome., Male actors--Italy--Rome., Christianity and antisemitism--Vatican City., Theater--Censorship--Italy--Rome., Censorship--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Popes.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy), Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355872
Title:
Vatican entrance bombed.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-32164 VATICAN ENTRANCE BOMBED VATICAN CITY -- Two Swiss Guards peer from a window of their barracks as a Rome policeman stands in front of a heavy wooden door following the Vatican bombing. The barracks are located just inside the Gate of Santanna on the Via di Porta Angelica where a bomb was detonated damaging building and breaking windows. Italian police said the explosion was in protest against the banning of “The Deputy,” controversial play which shows Pope Pius XII as failing to denounce publicly Nazi atrocities against the Jews. Police were holding an actor who was to play a role in the drama barred by the Rome Prefecture. The Gate of Santanna is used mainly by Vatican employees and is some distance from the main entrances to Vatican City. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-2C-65-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958--Drama., Vatican City. Guardia svizzera pontificia.
Topics:
Bombings--Vatican City., Bombings--Italy--Rome., Police--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City., Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355870

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