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:
Mass of the future.
Creator:
Buckley, C.M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church.
Topics:
Mass--Celebration.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356568
Title:
Communion for retarded child.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31020 COMMUNION FOR RETARDED CHILD BRAINTREE, Mass. -- A mentally retarded child receives her First Communion. Father Mark E. Breheny, shown here, distributed Communion to a class of six at St. Coletta School for mentally retarded children, Braintree, Mass. The day school chaplain was assisted by two altar boys, similarly retarded. Traditionally the Catholic Church allows mentally retarded youngsters “with the use of reason” to receive the Sacrament. Father Robert McCall, S.J., of Weston (Mass.) College, recently proposed that all such children (with or without “reason”) be permitted to receive Communion. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CB-BOS-5C-64-W)
Creator:
Buckley, C.M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., St. Coletta Day School (Braintree, Mass.), Breheny, Mark E., Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Sacraments--Catholic Church., Franciscan sisters--Massachusetts--Braintree., First communion--Catholic Church., Developmentally disabled children--Massachusetts--Braintree., Church work with children with mental disabilities--Massachusetts--Braintree., Intellectual disability--Religious aspects., Acolytes--Catholic Church., Acolytes--Massachusetts--Braintree.
Geographic subjects:
Braintree (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348325

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