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:
Pope proposes Roman Curia reforms.
Description:
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:
Pontiff meets peace pilgrims.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29913 PONTIFF MEETS PEACE PILGRIMS VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI talks with two Japanese Buddhist leaders at a special audience in the Vatican Apostolic Palace. The visitors were among a party of 18 Japanese religious leaders, including Christians, Buddhists and Shintoists, who are making a world peace pilgrimage in appeal for banning of nuclear weapons. From Rome, the Japanese were scheduled to go to Geneva, Paris, Moscow, London, Berlin, Washington and other cities. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-LON-9D-63-RB)
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher), Felici, Luigi. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Palace (Vatican City)
Topics:
Popes., Nuclear disarmament., Religious leaders--Japan., Religious leaders--Vatican City., Nuclear warfare--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358068
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:
Pontiff meets boy scouts.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29688 PONTIFF MEETS BOY SCOUTS VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI greets a boy scout leader as a large group of Belgian scouts crowd St. Damascus Courtyard in the Vatican for a papal audience. The scouts were attending an international assembly at Castelgandolfo, the village near Rome in which the Pope’s summer residence is located. Pope Paul gave his hearty endorsement to scouting, saying that he hoped the “movement will continue to expand.” The scouts were at Castelgandolfo prior to a Scout Jamboree being held in Greece, Aug. 1-11. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-ROM-7E-63-RB)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Palace (Vatican City)
Topics:
Popes., Boy Scouts--Vatican City., Boy Scouts--Belgium.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358028
Title:
African visitors.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29672 AFRICAN VISITORS VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI is preserving the tradition of his predecessor, Pope John XXIII, in receiving visitors from all corners of the world. He is shown here after a private audience with three political leaders from Nyasaland. The visitors are (from left): William Chokani, Minister of Labor in the Nyasaland Cabinet; J.D. Msonthi, Minister of Trade and Industry; and Y.K. Chisiza, secretary-general of the Malawi-Congress Party. Nyasaland is a British protectorate with an internal self-government. Its population of 2,750,000 contains about 500,000 Catholics. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-ROM-7D-63-RB)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Palace (Vatican City), Chokani, Willie., Msonthi, Jerome D. (Jerome Dennis), Chisiza, Yatuta Kaluli.
Topics:
Popes., Cabinet officers--Rhodesia and Nyasaland., Politicians--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City., Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358024
Title:
Augustin Cardinal Bea.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #29706 Augustin Cardinal Bea, president of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Bea, Augustin, 1881-1968.
Topics:
Bishops--Vatican City., Ecumenical movement--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358015
Title:
Vatican city 7/25.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Palace (Vatican City)
Topics:
Popes., Boy Scouts--Vatican City., Boy Scouts--Belgium.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357969
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:
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 Paul receives Japanese religious leaders.
Creator:
Associated Press. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Palace (Vatican City)
Topics:
Popes., Nuclear disarmament., Religious leaders--Japan., Religious leaders--Vatican City., Nuclear warfare--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357805
Title:
Pope receives Nyasaland cabinet ministers.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Palace (Vatican City), Chokani, Willie., Msonthi, Jerome D. (Jerome Dennis), Chisiza, Yatuta Kaluli.
Topics:
Popes., Cabinet officers--Rhodesia and Nyasaland., Politicians--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City., Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357776
Title:
Where the pope holds audience.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: WHERE THE POPE HOLDS AUDIENCE #1515 ROME -- A view of the stateroom in the Vatican Palace where Pope Pius XII holds audiences, and which may be used for the consistory on February 18 at which the Holy Father will proclaim 32 new members of the Sacred College of Cardinals. It is an inspiring moment when the Holy Father, dressed in white robes, takes his seat on the Papal Throne and holds out his hand, with St. Peter’s ring on it, to be kissed by the visitors. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MCE-NY-TFD-1-6-C)
Creator:
Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Vatican Palace (Vatican City)
Topics:
Reception rooms--Vatican City., Thrones--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357329
Title:
Pope gives blessing to Noble Guard.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: POPE GIVES BLESSING TO NOBLE GUARD #1484 ROME -- Pope Pius XII is shown here bestowing his annual blessing on members of the Noble Guard at a recent reception in the Vatican. At the right two guardsmen kneel while others stand at attention, holding the colors of the Guard. The Noble Guard consists of 77 members, all of whom belong to the Italian nobility and must meet rigid requirements as to health and character. The commandant is always a Roman prince, decorated with the Order of Christ, highest secular decoration granted by the Holy See. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PR-NY-TFD-1-6-C)
Creator:
Associated Press. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958., Vatican Palace (Vatican City)
Topics:
Popes., Papal guards., Benediction--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357315
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:
Pope greets children.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31947 POPE GREETS CHILDREN VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI holds up three-year-old Raymond Nsump from the Congo as his pleased father looks on. Woman with African baby at left is unidentified. The Pope’s special greeting to the children took place at an audience for 62 newly-ordained priests and their families. The priests came from various diocese, with some of them scheduled to serve as missionaries. They had completed their seminary training at Rome’s Pontifical College. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-12D-64-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Nsump, Raymond.
Topics:
Popes., Children--Vatican City., Families of clergy--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356602
Title:
Pope receives Buddhist leader.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31945 POPE RECEIVES BUDDHIST LEADER VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI receives in a private audience Dr. Riri Makayama [Nakayama], president of the Asian Buddhist Federation. Vatican sources reported the pontiff discussed with his visitor prospects of establishing closer contacts between Catholicism and Buddhism. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-12C-64-NAB)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Nakayama, Riri., Zen Nihon Bukkyōkai., Catholic Church--Relations--Buddhism.
Topics:
Popes., Buddhism--Relations--Catholic Church., Buddhists--Vatican City., Ecumenical movement--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356600

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