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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South India United Church leaders visit U.S.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: SOUTH INDIA UNITED CHURCH LEADERS VISIT U.S. #S-4945 Three leaders of the South India United Church are on an extended tour of the United States. They are left to right, the Rev. Arthur John, Mrs. Arputham William and Jared S. Savarirayan. Favorable progress is reported on the South India Union Scheme by which Anglican, Methodist and other denominational groups in South India would be merged with the United Church, providing Christians with a single group and eliminating separate British, Australian, American and German communions there. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DR-KAL-BS-1A-47W)
Creator:
Kalamazoo Gazette (Kalamazoo, Mich.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., South India United Church., John, Arthur., Savarirayan, Jared S., William, Arputham., South India United Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Christian leadership--India., Clergy--Michigan--Kalamazoo., Christian union--India.
Geographic subjects:
Kalamazoo (Mich.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360587
Title:
Else Bremer Niemoeller.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: ELSE BREMER NIEMOELLER #S-4894 SEATTLE, Wash. -- Exclusive photo of the wife of Pastor Martin Niemoeller while they attended the biennial convention of the Federal Council of Churches here. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-SEA-BS-12B-6-W)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Niemöller, Else, 1890-1961., Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America--Congresses.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Washington--Seattle., Spouses of clergy--Washington--Seattle.
Geographic subjects:
Seattle (Wa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360576
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Sec'y Byrnes opens Bible reading drive.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: SEC’Y BYRNES OPENS BIBLE READING DRIVE #S-4882 NEW YORK -- Secretary of State James F. Byrnes displays the engraved Bible awarded him by the American Bible Society to symbolize the opening of the third annual World-wide Bible Reading campaign. Purpose of the program, which began Thanksgiving Day and will continue until Christmas, is to interest people throughout the world in reading identical daily Bible selections. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ABS-NY-BS-11D-6-W)
Creator:
Haller, Ben, 1919- (photographer), American Bible Society. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Bible Society., Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972.
Topics:
Cabinet officers--United States., Presentation pieces (Gifts)--New York (State)--New York., Bible., Special weeks., Bible--Study and teaching.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360574
Title:
German churchworker.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4683 GERMAN CHURCHWORKER FRANKFURT -- One of the younger sisters of the Motherhouse for Deaconesses, located on the outskirts of this city, manages a pleasant smile despite the private and desperate need suffered by many German civilians like herself. She is one of the group which during the war busied itself evacuating sick and wounded to air raid shelters during aerial bombardments and has now undertaken the care of German war orphans. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-FRANK-BS-10E6-W-L)
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Church work with orphans--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Women in church work--Germany--Frankfurt am Main.
Geographic subjects:
Niederrad (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360551
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Dissidents in Russian Orthodox Church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4679 DISSIDENTS IN RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH PARIS -- Posed outside the Church of St. Sergius here where they convened for a four-day diocesan council are clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church who rebelled against the appointment by the Moscow Patriarch of Metropolitan Seraphim as Exarch of the western European dioceses. They have officially elected Archbishop Vladimir (seated, center, holding crozier) in his stead. The council maintained that the western dioceses belong to the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at Istanbul and not to the Moscow Patriarchate. It further claimed that Archbishop Vladimir was named specifically in the will of the late Metropolitan Eulogius, of Paris, to succeed him as Exarch. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MP-PAR-BS-10D6-A-E)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Bishops., Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ, Constantinople (Ecumenical patriarchate). Archdiocese of Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe., Vladimir, Metropolitan, 1873-1959.
Topics:
Dissenters, Religious--France--Paris., Dissenters--France--Paris., Bishops--France--Paris., Councils and synods, Diocesan --France--Paris., Exarchates--Europe, Western.
Geographic subjects:
Paris (France)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360548
Title:
Cardinal to lecture in U.S.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CARDINAL TO LECTURE IN U.S. #C-5006 ROME -- Eugene Cardinal Tisserant, French-born secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Church, will visit the United States to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature from Princeton University Vatican sources have announced. The 62-year-old prelate, created a cardinal in 1936 and the only non-Italian member of the Roman Curia, will also deliver two lectures, “Byzantine and Oriental Art” and “The Holy See and the Eastern Church,” at the university. He is scheduled to sail from Rome April 6. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GB-ROME-BS-1C-47-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Tisserant, Eugène, 1884-1972.
Topics:
Bishops--Vatican City., Degrees, Academic--New Jersey--Princeton.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City., Princeton (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360542
Title:
Reopens Catholic school.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: REOPENS CATHOLIC SCHOOL #C-4872 BERLIN -- Abbott Angelus Kupfer has received permission from occupation authorities to reopen Ettal Cloister, famous Bavarian monastery which the Hitler SS confiscated during the war. A picked faculty has been assembled to prepare students from established anti-Nazi families for the teaching profession--all part of the long-range de-Nazification policy now in effect in Germany. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-BER-BS-12A-6-C)
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Benediktinerabtei Ettal (Germany), Kupfer, Angelus.
Topics:
Abbots--Germany--Ettal., Monasteries--Germany--Ettal., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Denazification--Germany--Ettal., Teachers--Training of--Germany., World War, 1939-1945--Germany., World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Church and education--Germany.
Geographic subjects:
Ettal (Germany), Germany (West)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360534
Title:
May become cardinal.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: MAY BECOME CARDINAL #C-4864 ROME -- The Most Rev. Giuseppe Siri, appointed last May by Pope Pius XII as Archbishop of Genoa, may soon be nominated to fill one of the six vacancies in the Sacred College of Cardinals according to reports from informed Vatican circles. He was formerly Auxiliary Bishop to the late Pietro Cardinal Boetto and now occupies what has long been a cardinalitial see. During the war he became popularly known as the “soup bishop” because he personally distributed meals from hastily-erected “soup kitchens” to thousands of needy who suffered under the German occupation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GF-ROME-BS-11D-6-C)
Creator:
Felici, G. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Siri, Giuseppe, 1906-1989.
Topics:
Bishops--Italy--Genoa., World War, 1939-1945--Italy., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Italy.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy), Genoa (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360529
Title:
Archbishop of Bombay.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: ARCHBISHOP OF BOMBAY #C-4850 NEW YORK -- The Most Rev. Thomas D. Roberts, Archbishop of Bombay, India, posed for this exclusive Religious News Service photo during his current visit in the United States. Member of the Jesuit Order, Archbishop Roberts is the only English Catholic prelate in India. In an interview he revealed that Indian Catholics and Protestants are cooperating on a plan of action to ensure religious liberty for Christians in the midst of the political and religious strife now raging there. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-NY-BS-11D-6-C)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Jesuits., Roberts, Thomas D'Esterre.
Topics:
Bishops--New York (State)--New York., Interdenominational cooperation--India., Freedom of religion--India.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), India--History--Autonomy and independence movements.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360528
Title:
Archbishop of Prague.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: ARCHBISHOP OF PRAGUE #C-4800 PRAGUE -- An implacable foe of Nazi doctrine who spent five years in Dachau and other German concentration camps, Msgr. Joseph Beran (above) is the new Archbishop of Prague, thirty-third prelate to occupy the post. His appointment by Pope Pius XII was made to fill a vacancy that has existed since the death of the late Karl Cardinal Kasper in April, 1941. Msgr. Beran, 58, is a prominent educator, sociologist, and philosopher. He will be consecrated archbishop on Dec. 8 in Prague Cathedral. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (AZ-PRAG-BS-11B-6-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Beran, Josef, 1888-1969., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons., Ex-Nazi concentration camp inmates., Bishops--Czechoslovakia., Bishops--Czech Republic--Prague.
Geographic subjects:
Prague (Czech Republic), Czechoslovakia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360524
Title:
Bishop of Barcelona.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #C-4675 BISHOP OF BARCELONA BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- The Most Rev. Gregorio Modrego y Casaus, Bishop of Barcelona, Spain, arrived in the United states for a two weeks stay during which time he was scheduled to attend the eighth annual congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, in Boston beginning Oct. 25. The bishop was photographed at the rectory of St. Peter’s Church here, where he was the guest of the Rev. Pablo Ramis, C.M. The church conducts a mission chapel for Spanish Catholics. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-BKLYN-BS-10D6-C)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Modrego Casaus, Gregorio., Catholic Church--Bishops., Confraternity of Christian Doctrine--Congresses.
Topics:
Bishops--New York (State)--New York., Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360517
Title:
Sterling W. Brown.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Presidents., Brown, Sterling W.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360512
Title:
Sterling W. Brown.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Presidents., Brown, Sterling W.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360511
Title:
Sterling W. Brown.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Presidents., Brown, Sterling W.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360510
Title:
Sterling W. Brown.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Presidents., Brown, Sterling W.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360509
Title:
Sterling W. Brown.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Presidents., Brown, Sterling W.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360508
Title:
Sterling W. Brown.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Conference of Christians and Jews., National Conference of Christians and Jews--Presidents., Brown, Sterling W.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360507
Title:
Girl with book.
Creator:
Aigner, Lucien. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Children--California--San Francisco.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360502
Title:
Hutterite colony in Canada.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: HUTTERITE COLONY IN CANADA #4911 A Hutterite farmer. He is a father, therefore grows a beard. Men of the sect are allowed to shave before marriage. Despite his simple mode of living this farmer is a skilled agrarian, utilizes the most modern agricultural methods. He and other men of the communal farm share in the heavy labor, each doing the particular job he knows best. (No. 2 of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (TS-TOR-BS-1a-47-R)
Creator:
Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Hutterian Brethren--Alberta., Hutterite farmers--Alberta., Hutterite farmers--Clothing., Clothing and dress., Marriage--Religious aspects--Hutterian Brethren.
Geographic subjects:
Alberta.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360489
Title:
Hutterite colony in Canada.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: HUTTERITE COLONY IN CANADA #4910 Two Hutterite girls at the “bobby-sox” age. They follow the strict tenets of their religious sect, wear shawls and long flowing skirts. All members of the colony share in the communal work. These girls attend to cooking, baking, and sewing, work in the garden and look after the poultry. (No. 3 and last of a series) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (TS-TOR-BS-1A-47-R)
Creator:
Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Hutterian Brethren--Alberta., Hutterite women--Alberta., Hutterite women--Clothing., Clothing and dress.
Geographic subjects:
Alberta.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360488

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