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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War-damaged orthodox churches on Cyprus.
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Text transcribed from caption: PCO-46558 WAR-DAMAGED ORTHODOX CHURCHES ON CYPRUS NICOSIA -- The Church of St. George (top) and Makedonitissa Church, both near Nicosia, were heavily damaged during the fighting which followed the Turkish invasion of Cyprus last July. St. George was reportedly “deliberately” burned while the other church was bombarded by the Turks. During the invasion, which followed an attempted coup d’etat of the Cypriote government by the military government of Greece, which fell as a result of the blunder, Turkey captured the northern third of the island. Numerous Christian churches were damaged and destroyed during the fighting and large scale looting of holy icons and other religious treasures has been charged. In October it was reported that almost 200 Greek Orthodox churches in the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus were either closed or being used by the Turks for non-religious purposes. Recently a World Council of Churches official who visited the island said that Christian and Muslim representatives have been guaranteed the right to investigate complaints of the desecration of churches and mosques on Cyprus. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CZC-ATH-12D-74-DS)
Creator:
Constantinidis, G. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Turkey. Ordu., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Buildings.
Topics:
Church buildings--Cyprus--Nicosia., Buildings--War damage--Cyprus--Nicosia.
Geographic subjects:
Nicosia (Cyprus), Cyprus--History--Cyprus Crisis, 1974-
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362274
Title:
War-damaged orthodox churches on Cyprus.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PCO-46558 WAR-DAMAGED ORTHODOX CHURCHES ON CYPRUS NICOSIA -- The Church of St. George (top) and Makedonitissa Church, both near Nicosia, were heavily damaged during the fighting which followed the Turkish invasion of Cyprus last July. St. George was reportedly “deliberately” burned while the other church was bombarded by the Turks. During the invasion, which followed an attempted coup d’etat of the Cypriote government by the military government of Greece, which fell as a result of the blunder, Turkey captured the northern third of the island. Numerous Christian churches were damaged and destroyed during the fighting and large scale looting of holy icons and other religious treasures has been charged. In October it was reported that almost 200 Greek Orthodox churches in the Turkish-occupied part of Cyprus were either closed or being used by the Turks for non-religious purposes. Recently a World Council of Churches official who visited the island said that Christian and Muslim representatives have been guaranteed the right to investigate complaints of the desecration of churches and mosques on Cyprus. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CZC-ATH-12D-74-DS)
Creator:
Constantinidis, G. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Turkey. Ordu., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Buildings.
Topics:
Church buildings--Cyprus--Nicosia., Buildings--War damage--Cyprus--Nicosia.
Geographic subjects:
Nicosia (Cyprus), Cyprus--History--Cyprus Crisis, 1974-
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362273
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Rabbi, father of brain-damaged son, finds 'miracles.'
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-46600 RABBI, FATHER OF BRAIN-DAMAGED SON, FINDS ‘MIRACLES’ NEW YORK -- A Chicago rabbi and his wife has discovered, with the aid of their brain-damaged son and his Christian school teacher, that God always answers prayers -- although not always in a way expected. “Miracles were happening all the time, but not the obvious ones we were hoping for,” said Rabbi Hyman Agress, whose “smug little world” was shattered in 1962 with the diagnosis that his first-born son, Michael, was retarded and would never be “normal.” Rabbi Agress, author of Why Me? (Creation House), said in an interview in New York that God did not give Michael the miraculous healing for which he so desperately prayed at first. But the seeming tragedy has knit the family closer together and made them infinitely better people. In Why Me? Rabbi Agress tells how, after years of attempting to find help and schooling for Michael, he and his wife turned to the relatively unknown Grove School for Exceptional Children in Deerfield, Ill., operated by a “devout Quaker woman,” Virginia Matson. Rabbi Agress said he regards finding the school one of the miracles. The school not only began to bring order in Michael’s and his family’s lives but also gave them new hope and regained faith. Here, the Agress family plays with an electric train set in their home in the Chicago suburb of Aurora, where Rabbi Agress is spiritual leader of Temple B’nai Israel. From left are, Mrs. Agress, Steve, 13, Rabbi Agress, Alexandra, 9, and Michael, now 15. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-CHI-1B-75-DS)
Creator:
Agress, Hyman. (contributor)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Agress, Hyman., Agress, Frances., Agress, Alexandra., Agress, Michael., Agress, Stephen.
Topics:
Rabbis--Illinois--Aurora., Rabbis' spouses--Illinois--Aurora., Children with mental disabilities--Illinois--Aurora., Parents of children with mental disabilities--Illinois--Aurora., Children with mental disabilities--Education.
Geographic subjects:
Aurora (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362272
Title:
Terrorist grenade injures U.S. girl.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-46559 TERRORIST GRENADE INJURES U.S. GIRL JERUSALEM -- Dejean Replogle, 16, of Jacksonville, Fla., is comforted by a doctor in the Jerusalem hospital after she was injured when a terrorist grenade struck the bus in which she was riding. Miss Replogle and 17 fellow parishioners of the Main Street Baptist Church of Jacksonville were travelling from Jerusalem to Jericho when the grenade hit the bus at the ruins of Bethany. Shrapnel struck Miss Replogle in the leg and she was rushed to Jerusalem where she underwent surgery. In Beirut, the Palestine Liberation Organization took responsibility for the attack and warned foreigners “not to go to occupied Palestine as we are not responsible if they get hurt during the escalation of commando activity against the Israeli enemy.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-Jer-12D-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Replogle, Dejean., Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīnīyah.
Topics:
Physicians--Jerusalem., Tourism--Religious aspects--Christianity., Tourism--Israel., Arab-Israeli conflict., Terrorism--Jerusalem., Victims of terrorism--Jerusalem.
Geographic subjects:
Jerusalem.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362271
Title:
After a raid.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-46555 AFTER A RAID MAJDAL ZOUN, Lebanon -- A Lebanese family surveys the ruins of their home in the village of Majdal Zoun after helicopter-borne Israeli troops staged a raid on the border village, blowing up six houses that were said to have been used by terrorists. The Israelis took two prisoners for interrogation on suspicion of collaboration with Arab guerrillas. Several hours after the raid in Lebanon, Arab guerrillas attacked a border hamlet in Israel. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-BRT-12C-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel.
Topics:
Refugees--Lebanon--Janūb., Arab-Israeli conflict., Israel-Arab Border Conflicts, 1949---Lebanon--Janūb., Buildings--War damage--Lebanon--Janūb., Rubble.
Geographic subjects:
Janūb (Lebanon)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362270
Title:
Respond to Soviet rejection.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-46554 RESPOND TO SOVIET REJECTION WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senators Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.), left, and Henry Jackson (D-Wash.) hold a copy of a letter from Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, dated Oct. 26, in which the Kremlin official said that the Soviet Union had made no agreement to allow Jews and others to emigrate in exchange for U.S. trade concessions. The rejection of any agreement on emigration and trade was also published by Tass, the official Soviet press agency, and broadcast on regional television and radio in the Soviet Union on Dec. 18. Sen. Jackson, who has led the drive to included the emigration stipulation in the trade legislation, said that he would press for approval of the trade bill by Congress and noted that if the Russians did not liberalize emigration, they would lose the trade benefits. Some observers felt the Tass story might be a “face-saving” tactic on the part of the Soviet government for its own people. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-WAS-12C-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983., Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986., United States. Congress. Senate., Gromyko, Andreĭ Andreevich, 1909-1989--Correspondence.
Topics:
Legislators--United States., Treaties., Emigration and immigration., Cold War.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union., Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362269
Title:
Where the treatment is food.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46647 WHERE THE TREATMENT IS FOOD RANGPUR PROVINCE, Bangladesh -- A girl and her mother sit on a bed in a hospital in Bangladesh’s Rangpur Province, one of the areas most affected by the floods which swept the country in late summer. The hospital, which is operated by Lutheran World Federation/World Service, has found that most people it admits are suffering from malnutrition and the treatment is food. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-BAN-1D-75-DS)
Creator:
Lutheran World Federation. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lutheran World Federation.
Topics:
Refugees--Bangladesh--Rangpur District., Refugee children--Bangladesh--Rangpur District., Famines--Bangladesh., Floods--Bangladesh., International relief., Emergency medical services--Bangladesh--Rangpur District., Emergency food supply--Bangladesh.
Geographic subjects:
Rangpur District (Bangladesh)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362264
Title:
Food lines remain.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46646 FOOD LINES REMAIN BANGLADESH -- Food lines are long and the supplies are limited, but the government of Bangladesh, with the help of relief agencies, is attempting to feed its more than 15 million homeless people. The homeless are mostly peasants who lost everything in the floods which swept the nation during the summer, causing the total failure of many crops and destroying countless homes. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-BAN-1D-75-DS)
Creator:
McKinley, James F., Jr. (photographer), Lutheran World Federation. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lutheran World Federation.
Topics:
Refugees--Bangladesh., Refugee children--Bangladesh., Famines--Bangladesh., Floods--Bangladesh., International relief., Emergency food supply--Bangladesh.
Geographic subjects:
Bangladesh.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362263
Title:
A cup of blessing.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46578 A CUP OF BLESSING (Third Of Three Photos) NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A special childcare program has been set up for mothers who want to work but cannot afford to pay babysitting fees. Some of the mothers who had been on welfare were able to take jobs when the CUP childcare center opened. The center charges a low fee so mothers can have money even if their salaries are low. The Rev. George Allen, director of the Christian Union Program, says of CUP: “The goal is to help people help themselves and to give a Christian witness. The church at work. Our board of directors, who are racially and economically integrated, keep this goal before them constantly to make sure we do not deviate from the purpose.” (SEE ALSO RNS PHOTOS PC-46576 & 77) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by Don Rutledge (DR-GA-12D-74-DS)
Creator:
Rutledge, Don, 1930- (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Christian Unity Program (New Haven, Conn.)
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation--Connecticut--New Haven., African American neighborhoods--Connecticut--New Haven., Church work with African Americans--Connecticut--New Haven., Church work with the poor--Connecticut--New Haven., Church work with employed women--Connecticut--New Haven., Child care--Connecticut--New Haven., Child care--Costs.
Geographic subjects:
New Haven (Conn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362241
Title:
A cup of blessing.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46577 A CUP OF BLESSING (Second of Three Photos) NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- In the CUP center’s clothing store, Mrs. Lena Scott serves as a volunteer. She is also vice-president of CUP. Clothes, which are donated to the store, are sold at a very moderate price. (SEE ALSO RNS PHOTOS PC-46576 & 78) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by Don Rutledge (DR-GA-12D-74-DS)
Creator:
Rutledge, Don, 1930- (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Christian Unity Program (New Haven, Conn.)
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation--Connecticut--New Haven., African American neighborhoods--Connecticut--New Haven., Church work with African Americans--Connecticut--New Haven., Church work with the poor--Connecticut--New Haven.
Geographic subjects:
New Haven (Conn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362240
Title:
A cup of blessing.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46576 A CUP OF BLESSING (First Of Three Photos) NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Newhallville is a low and middle income section of New Haven which is populated by 15,000, 90 per cent of whom are black. After a 1968 riot, leaders of local black churches decided the community must have a minister to meet its total needs. As a result, CUP was born. The Christian Union Program has gained national attention and support because of its success in ministering to the community. Local churches and religious organizations, several denominations, and Yale Divinity School are all participating. CUP began in one storefront building. Now it has a row of storefronts on a block in Newhallville. One door opens to a daycare center. Another leads to a clothing and food store. A third opens to a book store where both new and used books can be purchased at reasonable prices. A main door is the area for work training and counseling. Other ministries are performed outside the center. They include ministries in a nearby prison, a home for the aged, youth programs and a camp outside town, assisting people to buy groceries, etc. (SEE ALSO RNS PHOTOS PC-46577 & 78) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by Don Rutledge (DR-GA-12D-74-DS)
Creator:
Rutledge, Don, 1930- (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Christian Unity Program (New Haven, Conn.)
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation--Connecticut--New Haven., African American neighborhoods--Connecticut--New Haven., Church work with African Americans--Connecticut--New Haven., Church work with the poor--Connecticut--New Haven.
Geographic subjects:
New Haven (Conn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362239
Title:
Priest taken into custody.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46573 PRIEST TAKEN INTO CUSTODY SEOUL -- South Korean police take away a man identified as Father Didier T’Serstevens, a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium, during a demonstration in Seoul protesting the deportation of the Rev. George Ogle, an American United Methodist missionary, and demanding the release of political prisoners. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-SEO-12D-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Missions--South Korea., T'Serstevens, Didier.
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea (South)--Seoul., Government, Resistance to--Religious aspects--Christianity., Government, Resistance to--Korea (South), Clergy--Korea (South)--Seoul., Police--Korea (South)--Seoul., Civil rights movements--Korea (South), Civil rights demonstrations--Korea (South)--Seoul.
Geographic subjects:
Seoul (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362238
Title:
Rockefeller takes oath as vice president.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46556 ROCKEFELLER TAKES OATH AS VICE PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Holding a family Bible in his left hand, Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as the 41st Vice President of the United States (top photo). Chief Justice Warren Burger administers the oath in the Senate chamber on the night of Dec. 19. Two hours earlier, the House of Representative, on a vote of 287 to 128, confirmed the former New York governor as the nation’s second highest official. The Senate had confirmed Mr. Rockefeller a week before. Below, President Gerald Ford (left) and Mr. Rockefeller wave as they leave the White House en route to the Capitol for the swearing-in ceremony. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-WAS-12C-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., White House (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Vice presidents--United States., Oaths., Presidents--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362237
Title:
Rockefeller takes oath as vice president.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46556 ROCKEFELLER TAKES OATH AS VICE PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Holding a family Bible in his left hand, Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as the 41st Vice President of the United States (top photo). Chief Justice Warren Burger administers the oath in the Senate chamber on the night of Dec. 19. Two hours earlier, the House of Representative, on a vote of 287 to 128, confirmed the former New York governor as the nation’s second highest official. The Senate had confirmed Mr. Rockefeller a week before. Below, President Gerald Ford (left) and Mr. Rockefeller wave as they leave the White House en route to the Capitol for the swearing-in ceremony. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-WAS-12C-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979., Burger, Warren E., 1907-1995., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Vice presidents--United States., Oaths., Judges--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362236
Title:
"Smiling" church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46553 ‘SMILING’ CHURCH WILLINGBORO, N.J. -- Those “smile faces” which have popped up everywhere appear on a wall of the St. Paul United Methodist Church in Willingboro, N.J., at night. The lighting on circled, indented crosses is responsible for the unique scene. In daylight the smiles disappear. The church was built in 1957, predating the “smile button” by about 12 years. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by Charles Germain (CG-NJ-12C-74-DS)
Creator:
Germain, Charles. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. Paul United Methodist Church (Willingboro, N.J. : Township), United Methodist Church (U.S.)--Buildings.
Topics:
Church buildings--New Jersey--Willingboro (Township), Crosses., Church architecture--New Jersey--Willingboro (Township), Church architecture--Details.
Geographic subjects:
Willingboro (N.J. : Township)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362235
Title:
Violence flares again in Boston.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46539 VIOLENCE FLARES AGAIN IN BOSTON BOSTON -- Riot equipped Boston police wrestle a demonstrator to the ground outside South Boston High School after racial violence flared again at the school when a white youth was allegedly stabbed in the stomach by a black teenager. Two schools were closed as a result of the violence at court-ordered desegregated Boston schools. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-BOS-12B-74-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., South Boston High School., Boston (Mass.). Police Department.
Topics:
School integration--United States., Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., Police brutality--Massachusetts--Boston., Police--Massachusetts--Boston., Demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston., School violence--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
South Boston (Boston, Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362234
Title:
World food crisis is reviving fasting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-46534 WORLD FOOD CRISIS IS REVIVING FASTING A faster in the “Food Forfeit for Famine” program at St. John University, Collegeville, Minn., holds his Wednesday night fare, soup and bread. Once a week, students give up a full meal with all the trimmings and dessert, and dine, instead, on a simpler, cheaper meal. The world food crisis is reviving one of the most ancient and universal religious practices: fasting. In congregations, conferences of bishops and on college campuses, strong, new appeals urge affluent Americans to skip meals and observe fast days. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by Vern Bartos (VB-SCM-12B-74-DS)
Creator:
Bartos, Vern. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. John’s University (Collegeville, Minn.)
Topics:
Fasting--United States., Catholic universities and colleges--Minnesota--Collegeville., Famines., Fasting--Religious aspects.
Geographic subjects:
Collegeville (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362233
Title:
First speech in House of Lords.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-46570 FIRST SPEECH IN HOUSE OF LORDS LONDON -- Archbishop Donald Coggan of Canterbury, recently installed as the spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican community, is flanked by Bishop Gerald Ellison of London (left) and Bishop Arthur Stockwood of Southwark (right) before making his first speech as Archbishop of Canterbury in the House of Lords. Dr. Coggan chose the debate on the reintroduction of capital punishment to make his speech. He ended by saying, “Let there be punishment of the most severe kind for those who murder defenseless women and children, or who hold to ransom those whose way of life or thought they happen to oppose. But leave the final judgement of death in the hands where final judgment rests and where forgiveness can alone be found.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PP-LON-12D-74-DS)
Creator:
Pictorial Parade, Inc. (New York, N.Y.) (publisher), Times (London, England) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Coggan, Donald, 1909-2000., Church of England--Bishops., Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords., Ellison, Gerald., Stockwood, Mervyn.
Topics:
Bishops--England--London., Speeches, addresses, etc., Capital punishment--Great Britain., Political oratory--England--London., Capital punishment--Religious aspects--Church of England.
Geographic subjects:
London (England)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362226
Title:
Capital nativity scene rises again.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-46550 CAPITAL NATIVITY SCENE RISES AGAIN WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Rev. Herbert Fitzpatrick (right) of the First Baptist Church, Riverdale, Md., and Vaughn Barkdoll of the American Christian Heritage Association of Greenbelt, Md., dedicate a Nativity Scene near the Ellipse in Washington. Located adjacent to the annual Pageant of Peace display, the Nativity Scene was the subject of a suit a year ago. Sponsored by the National Park Service, the suit resulted in a court decision banning the manger scene, citing “excessive government entanglement with religion.” The Nativity Scene was erected by the American Christian Heritage Association, which sponsored it last year. This year they were given a permit by the park service. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RN-WAS-12C-74-DS)
Creator:
Reni Newsphotos, Inc. (Washington, D.C.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Fitzpatrick, Herbert., Barkdoll, Vaughn., American Christian Heritage Association (Greenbelt, Md.)
Topics:
Crèches (Nativity scenes)--Washington (D.C.), Church and state--United States., Clergy--Washington (D.C.), Dedication services--Washington (D.C.), Prayer.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), President’s Park (Washington, D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362225
Title:
Missionary deported by Korea.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-46543 MISSIONARY DEPORTED BY KOREA SEOUL -- The Rev. George Ogle, a United Methodist missionary, waves as he boards a plane in Seoul after he was ordered deported from South Korea for criticizing the regime of President Park Chung Hee. Forced to leave his wife and four children behind, the 45-year-old native of Pennsylvania was placed on a California-bound Korean jetliner by police. Deportation was ordered when the missionary, who had been in South Korea for 20 years, refused to retract comments critical of the Park government for its arrests of students, intellectuals and clergy who asked for a restoration of democracy. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-SEO-12C-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., United Methodist Church (U.S.)--Missions--South Korea., Ogle, George E., 1929-
Topics:
Missionaries--Korea (South)--Seoul., Government, Resistance to--Religious aspects--Christianity., Government, Resistance to--Korea (South), Clergy--Korea (South)--Seoul., Deportation--Korea (South), Civil rights movements--Korea (South)
Geographic subjects:
Seoul (Korea)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362224

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