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:
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 in Rome suburb for Xmas.
Creator:
Keystone (Rome, Italy) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Popes., Christmas--Italy--Rome., Christmas service., Children--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy), Trullo (Rome, Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355836
Title:
A Christmas greeting from the Pope.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31969 A CHRISTMAS GREETING FROM THE POPE ROME -- Pope Paul VI embraces a small boy as he visits a Rome suburb to extend his Christmas greeting to hundreds of faithful and to officiate at a Mass in the Church of St. Raphael the Archangel. The Pope rode through the district of Trullo in an open car, ignoring a steady rain. On his return to the Vatican, he celebrated another Mass on Christmas Day in St. Peter’s Basilica. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (K-12E-64-NAB)
Creator:
Keystone (Rome, Italy) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Popes., Christmas--Italy--Rome., Christmas service., Children--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy), Trullo (Rome, Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355835
Title:
"Agnus dei, qui tollis peccata mundi"
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30392 ‘AGNUS DEI, QUI TOLLIS PECCATA MUNDI’ ROME -- “Lamb of God, who takest away the sins of the world…” Pope Paul VI raises a white lamb presented to him by children outside the Church of St. Michael the Archangel in the Roman workers’ community of Pietralata. The pontiff had celebrated a Christmas morning Mass at the humble church on the outskirts of the city. Earlier, at a traditional Mass for diplomats in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, the Pope stressed the need for peace. He emphasized this theme at Pietralata and later when addressing the throngs in St. Peter’s Square. On Christmas Day, Pope Paul also visited 300 crippled children. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-ROM-12D-63-RB)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Christmas--Italy--Rome., Popes., Lambs--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy), Pietralata (Rome, Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352898
Title:
Pope raises symbol of peace.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Christmas--Italy--Rome., Popes., Lambs--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy), Pietralata (Rome, Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352651

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