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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Makarios at United Nations.
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Text transcribed from caption: PCO-45804 MAKARIOS AT UNITED NATIONS NEW YORK -- Archbishop Makarios (left), ousted President of Cyprus, is welcomed by United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim as he arrives at the U.N. to ask the world body to condemn the coup in Cyprus and demand that Greek officers be withdrawn from the island nation. In the center is the Ambassador representing the Makarios government at the U.N., Zenon Rossides. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-NY-7C-74-DS)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361011
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Historic announcement.
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Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-45890 HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Nixon appears on nationwide television, Aug. 8, to announce his resignation from the office he held for five-and-a-half years. Photo was taken from a television monitor. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-WAS-8B-74-DS)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361010
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Swords into plowshares?
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Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-45702 SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES? GOLAN HEIGHTS -- A Druse farmer plows a field near Mount Hermon. The disengagement of Israeli and Syrian forces is now underway in the Golan Heights, ending the exchange of artillery fire in the Mount Hermon area and allowing a return to more peaceful activities such as farming. The Druses are members of a religious sect who inhabit the area of Southern Syria and Lebanon. There are also about 30,000 in Israel. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-TEL-6C-74-DS)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361009
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Mid-east conferences.
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Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-45687 MID-EAST CONFERENCES During his Middle East tour, President Nixon conferred with the leaders of five nations. At tope, Mr. Nixon and U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (right) talk with President Hafez al Assad of Syria (center) in Damascus. Following the meeting, it was announced that the U.S. and Syria would resume diplomatic relations, which had been broken by Syria in 1967. Later, in Jerusalem, Mr. Nixon conferred with Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin (right). The President also paid a visit to Golda Meir, the former Premier, at her home in Jerusalem. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-ME-6C-74-DS)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361008
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Panovs obtain visas.
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Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-45680 PANOVS OBTAIN VISAS MOSCOW -- Ballet dancer Valery Panov beams as he displays the exit visas issued in Moscow for him and his wife, dancer Galina Ragozina Panov. Mr. Panov, who is a Jew, and his wife had been trying for more than two years to leave the Soviet Union for Israel. The former star of the Kirov Ballet said he obtained visas to transit through Austria and enter Israel in only ten minutes but that the Soviet clearance procedures were more complex. Mr. Panov plans to become an Israeli citizen and wants to work to help build up ballet in Israel. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-MOS-6B-74-DS)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361007
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Nixon in Egypt.
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Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-45678 NIXON IN EGYPT ALEXANDRIA, Egypt -- President Nixon responds to a waving crowd that lined the route of a train ride from Cairo to Alexandria. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is at left. Thousands lined the tracks as the two leaders rode through the Nile Delta. Egypt was Mr. Nixon’s first stop in his Middle East tour. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-ALX-6B-74-DS)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361006
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Love is an answer.
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Text transcribed from caption: Suggested for use with RNS series on retirement PC-45906 LOVE IS AN ANSWER Living deep in the heart of Appalachia, Ova and Viola Gilkison have found that love is one of the few things they can afford to ease the stresses of life. With cash flow forever low, a doctor or medical center too far away at times of illness, and a house that can only be described as humble, they have found that life would indeed be bleak without love. The Gilkisons are fortunate, for they have each other. But for half of those who are 65 and over and have no spouse, life is lonely. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-CIN-8C-74-DS)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361005
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Keeping busy.
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Text transcribed from caption: Suggested for use with RNS series on retirement PC-45905 KEEPING BUSY Maude Semans gives serious attention to her next move during a game of Chinese checkers at a senior citizens activity center in Naples, N.Y. Many church agencies which provide such centers and other programs for the retired are finding that many in the older generation, characteristically proud and independent, shun any aid which hints of “welfare.” These people would rather try to live on their Social Security -- increasingly difficult in these days of rampaging inflation -- than take anything that smacks of “charity,” such as food stamps or free meals. There is also the problem of social isolation among the aged. After one stops working, for many persons their main contact with the outside world, there is a tendency for the retired person to become a “loner.” For these people, senior citizens centers are an answer, providing activities and social contact. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by Susan McKinney (SM-ROC-8C-74-DS)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361004
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President Ford at church.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-45897 PRESIDENT FORD AT CHURCH ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- President Gerald Ford chats with the Rev. William L. Dols, Jr., rector of Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, and the Rev. Patricia Park, assistant rector, after attending services at the Alexandria, Va., Episcopal church two days after he was sworn in as the natin’s 38th Chief Executive. Mr. Ford was accompanied by his wife, Betty, and their 17-year-old daughter, Susan, as they attended the church, where they have been worshipping since 1955. They heard a special prayer for the new President, a prayer for former President Richard M. Nixon and his family, and a sermon in which the rector called for “picking u the broken pieces” and awakening like Lazarus of the New Testament story to “a new day filled with other possibilities.” The liturgy was conducted by Mrs. Park, who is a deacon and the wife of an Episcopal priest. She also read the prayers for the new President and for the Nixons. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-WAS-8C-74-DS)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361003
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Taking the oath.
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361002
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Prayers for healing.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-45893 PRAYERS FOR HEALING MINNEAPOLIS -- People lay hands on each other in response to a plea from evangelist A. Herbert Mjorud, who led a healing service during the Third International Lutheran Conference on the Holy Spirit in Minneapolis. Many persons claimed they had received healing from a variety of ailments. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WLT-MIN-8C-74-DS)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361001
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Comforts daughter.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-45891 COMFORTS DAUGHTER WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Richard Nixon embraces his daughter, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, as she is overcome with sobs at the White House Aug. 7, the day Mr. Nixon decided to resign the Presidency. On Aug. 9, Mr. Nixon became the first President in U.S. history to resign from office. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-WAS-8B-74-DS)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361000
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Alone.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-45875 ALONE SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. -- President Richard Nixon has a moment to himself at his estate in San Clemente, Calif. Mr. Nixon’s fight against impeachment suffered a sharp setback Aug. 5 when he admitted that six days after the Watergate break-in he ordered a halt to the investigation of the burglary for political as well as national security reasons. His admission greatly eroded his support in Congress. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-SC-8B-74-DS)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360999
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Another world.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-45870 ANOTHER WORLD WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This global mosaic of the planet Mars is made of more than 1,500 computer corrected television pictures taken by Mariner 9 during 1971 and 1972. The mosaic, which is four feet in diameter, is the first photo globe ever made of any body in the solar system. Mars’ north polar ice cap is at center. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-WAS-8B-74-DS)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360998
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Viewing the Cyprus situation.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-45865 VIEWING THE CYPRUS SITUATION KYRENIA, Cyprus -- People in the Kyrenia area of Cyprus get an inside view of the situation as Turkish soldiers consolidate positions in the region. Turkish troops have reportedly begun to arrest the able-bodied men and expel women and children from Greek Cypriot havens in the area Turkish armed forces have occupied since landing on the island July 20. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-CYP-8B-74-DS)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360997
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Episcopal women ordained.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-45850 EPISCOPAL WOMEN ORDAINED PHILADELPHIA -- In defiance of tradition and of the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, 11 women were ordained as priests in the Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia on the Feast of Saints Mary and Martha (July 29). They were: Jeanette Piccard, 79, of the Diocese of Minnesota; Marie Moorefield, 30, of the Diocese of New York; Allison Cheek, 47, of Virginia; Carter Heyward, 28, of New York; Betty Bone Schiess, 51, of Central New York; Suzanne Hiatt, 37, of Philadelphia; Constantine Hatch Wittig, 28, of New Jersey; Emily Hewitt, 30, of New York; Katrina Swanson, 39, of West Missouri; Merrill Bittner, 27, of Rochester, N.Y.; and Sister Alla Renee Bozarth-Campbell, 27 of Minneapolis. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RH-PHIL-7E-74-D)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360996
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Protests ordinations of women.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-45849 PROTESTS ORDINATIONS OF WOMEN PHILADELPHIA -- Canon Charles H. Osborn, executive director of the American Church Union, the “high church” or “Anglo-Catholic” wing of the Episcopal Church, was one of five priests who protested the ordinations of 11 women to the priesthood at the Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia. He declared that “the proceedings here enacted are unlawful and schismatic, constituting a grave injury to the peace of Christ’s Church.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RH-PHIL-7E-74-D)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360995
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Women priests distribute communion.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-45844 WOMEN PRIESTS DISTRIBUTE COMMUNION PHILADELPHIA -- Three newly-ordained women priests of the Episcopal Church distribute communion following historic ordination ceremony at the Church of the Advocate here. They were among 11 women deacons ordained in defiance of Church authority by three retired bishops and the Bishop of Costa Rica. Left to right are the Rev. Emily Hewitt, a professor at Andover-Newton Theological School in Newton Centre, Mass.; the Rev. Carter Heyward, a doctoral student at Union Theological Seminary in New York, and the Rev. Marie Moorefield, a chaplain trainee at Topeka (Kan.) State Hospital. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-7E-74-T)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360994
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Episcopal bishop ordains daughter.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-45843 EPISCOPAL BISHOP ORDAINS DAUGHTER PHILADELPHIA -- Acting in defiance of Church authority, Bishop Edward Welles II, retired bishop of West Missouri ordains his daughter, the Rev. Katrina Swanson of Leawood, Kan., to the priesthood of the Episcopal Church. Joining in the laying on of hands are two other women ordained in the same ceremony at the Church of the Advocate in Philadelphia -- the Rev. Emily Hewitt of Somerville, Mass., to the left of the bishop, and the Rev. Carter Heyward of New York. Eleven women deacons were ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Welles, retired Bishop Robert L. DeWitt of Philadelphia, retired Bishop Daniel Corrigan of Colorado and Bishop Antonio Ramos of Costa Rica. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (1-NY-7E-74-T)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360993
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Historic vote.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-45837 HISTORIC VOTE WASHINGTON, D.C. -- During the televised debate on whether to recommend that the House of Representatives impeach President Nixon, members of the House Judiciary Committee several times commented that their votes on this issue would likely be the most crucial they would ever cast. This tally sheet shows the votes on Article I, the recommendation that the House impeach Mr. Nixon for obstruction of justice in the Watergate cover-up. As the tally reveals, the vote was 27-11 to recommend impeachment, with six Republican committee members joining the entire Democratic side in casting “aye” votes. It marked only the second time in U.S. history that impeachment of a President had been recommended. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-NY-7E-74-T)
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https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360992

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