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:
Joint working group holds first session.
Description:
Meeting for the first time at the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, near Geneva, Switzerland, members of the historic new WCC-Vatican joint "working committee" agreed that there are many fields of common interest in need of further study.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Visser 't Hooft, Willem Adolph, 1900-1985., Catholic Church. Diocese of Salford (England). Bishop., Willebrands, J. G. M., Hamer, Jérôme., Espy, R. H. Edwin., Baum, William W., Vischer, Lukas., Schlink, Edmund, 1903-1984., Nēsiōtēs, Nikos A., 1924-1986., Holland, Thomas., Paulos Gregorios, 1922-1998.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--Switzerland--Vaud., Interdenominational cooperation--Switzerland--Vaud., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Vaud.
Geographic subjects:
Vaud (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151735
Title:
Cardinal dedicates Kennedy Home additions.
Description:
Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, kisses cross before hanging it in one of three new cottages he dedicated at the Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Home for neglected children in The Bronx, N.Y.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.), Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation., Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967., Dwyer, Michael F., Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald, 1890-1995., Vier, Henry J.
Topics:
Orphanages--New York (State)--New York., Dedication services--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151696
Title:
Archbishop Cody: ecumenist.
Description:
The interest of Archbishop John P. Cody, new Archbishop of Chicago, in the cause of ecumenism is best portrayed in this picture taken in New Orleans.
Creator:
Schindler, Newell. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Chicago (Ill.), Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New Orleans (La.), Cody, John Patrick., Feibelman, Julian Beck, 1897-1980., Jones, Girault McArthur, -1904., Koskinas, Silas., Wilson, George., Gaines, William.
Topics:
Religions--Relations., Ecumenical movement--United States.
Geographic subjects:
New Orleans (La.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151687
Title:
Pope may issue Dante encyclical.
Description:
This fresco of Dante Alighieri is the work of Giotto di Bondone, religious painter who was a contemporary of the famed \nItalian poet.
Creator:
Giotto, 1266?-1337. (painter)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Pope (1963-1978 : Paul VI), Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321--Anniversaries, etc., VI, Paul, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Poets, Italian--To 1500., Portraits, Italian., Painting, Italian., Encyclicals, Papal.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Florence (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151684
Title:
Nun named to women's state commission.
Description:
Sister M. Lawrence McKenna, a headquarters staff member of the Medican Mission Sisters in Philadelphia, was named to the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women for Pennsylvania.
Creator:
Medical Mission Sisters. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Medical Mission Sisters., McKenna, M. Lawrence, Sister., Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Governor (1979-1987 : Scranton), Scranton, William W. (William Warren), -1947.
Topics:
Nuns--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia., Women's rights--Pennsylvania., Women's rights--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151675
Title:
Stamp marks Salvation Army centenary.
Description:
This five-cent stamp will be issued by the U.S. Post Office July 2 to commemorate the Salvation Army's 100 years of service.
Creator:
Salvation Army. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Salvation Army--Centennial celebrations, etc., Salvation Army--On postage stamps., United States. Post Office Department.
Topics:
Postage stamps--United States., Postage stamp design--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151663
Title:
Peacemaker in Santo Domingo.
Description:
Archbishop Emanuele Clarizio, Papal Nuncio to the Dominican Republic, is winning a reputation as the "White Angel" of Santo Domingo for unrelenting behind-the-scenes efforts to secure peace in the strife-torn island.
Creator:
Pictorial Parade (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Clarizio, Emanuele.
Topics:
Mediation--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Mediation--Religious aspects--Christianity., Peace--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Peace--Religious aspects--Christianity., Civil war--Dominican Republic.
Geographic subjects:
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), Dominican Republic--History--Revolution, 1965.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151585
Title:
United Presbyterian moderator.
Description:
William Phelps Thompson, lawyer and ruling elder of First Presbyterian church in Wichita, Kan., was elected moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. at the 3.3 million member denomination's 177th General Assembly at Columbus, Ohio.
Creator:
Karsch, Carl G. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Thompson, William P., -1918.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Church officers., Presbyterian Church--Government.
Geographic subjects:
Columbus (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151582
Title:
American priest leaves China.
Description:
Portrait of Father Armand Proulx, who was recently released by the Chinese Communists.
Creator:
De Santerre, Daniele. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy--China., Proulx, Armand, 1904-1998.
Topics:
Communism--China., Political prisoners--China., Persecution--China.
Geographic subjects:
Hong Kong., China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151570
Title:
Father Dion and family.
Description:
Rev. Louis F. Dion with his family and Bishop John J. Wright in Worchester, Mass.
Creator:
Deedy, John G. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Assumption College (Worcester, Mass.), Dion, Louis F., Wright, John J. (John Joseph), 1909-1979., Dion, Ferdinand D., Dion, Ferdinand D., Mrs., Dion, Richard O., Racine, Doris E., Osborne, Lucille M., Gignilliat, Irene C., Robertshaw, Jeanne D., Racine, Claire A.
Topics:
Families of clergy--Massachusetts--Worcester--Portraits., Nuns--Massachusetts--Worcester.
Geographic subjects:
Worcester (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151561
Title:
Away from it all.
Description:
Two young guests at a "fun day" at Duchesne College in Omaha stroll on the quiet campus with Mother Mary McMenamy of the Religious of the Sacred Heart.
Creator:
Duchesne College and Academy of the Sacred Heart (Omaha, Neb.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Duchesne College and Academy of the Sacred Heart (Omaha, Neb.), Society of the Sacred Heart., McMenamy, Mary.
Topics:
Nuns as teachers--Nebraska--Omaha., Religion and social problems--United States., Church work with children--Catholic Church., African American children--Nebraska--Omaha.
Geographic subjects:
Omaha (Neb.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151555
Title:
United Presbyterian moderator.
Description:
William Phelps Thompson, lawyer and ruling elder of First Presbyterian church in Wichita, Kan., was elected moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. at the 3.3 million member denomination's 177th General Assembly at Columbus, Ohio.
Creator:
Karsch, Carl G. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Thompson, William P., -1918.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Church officers., Presbyterian Church--Government.
Geographic subjects:
Columbus (Ohio)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151549
Title:
Joint working committee names co-chairmen.
Description:
Members of the historic new joint "working group" of the World Council of Churches and Vatican elected Dr. W.A. Visser 't Hooft, general secretary of the WCC, and Bishop Jan Willebrands, secretary of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, as co-chairmen during the group's first meeting at Bossey, near Geneva, Switzerland.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Visser 't Hooft, Willem Adolph, 1900-1985., Willebrands, J. G. M., Hamer, Jérôme., Espy, R. H. Edwin., Baum, William W.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--Switzerland--Vaud., Interdenominational cooperation--Switzerland--Vaud., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Vaud.
Geographic subjects:
Vaud (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151521
Title:
Portland Diocese marks 100th year.
Description:
Left to right, Gov. Edmund S. Muskie, the Most Rev. Daniel J. Feeney, Bishop of Portland, Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of Boston, and Harold D. Carroll, a layman of Biddeford.
Creator:
Eells, Calvin. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Diocese of Portland (Me.)--Centennial celebrations, etc., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church--Bishops--Massachusetts--Boston., Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Portland, Me.), Muskie, Edmund S., 1914-1996., Feeney, Daniel J., Carroll, Harold D., XII, Pius, Pope, 1876-1958.
Topics:
Governors--Maine--Portland., Church anniversaries--Maine--Portland.
Geographic subjects:
Portland (Me.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151509
Title:
Catholic broadcasters present awards.
Description:
Auxiliary Bishop John A. Donovan of Detroit, episcopal moderator of the Catholic Broadcasters Association, presents the group's Gabriel Awards at its annual meeting in New York.
Creator:
Braun, Bob. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Broadcasters Association., Donovan, John A., American Broadcasting Company., Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.), Stanly, Edward., Allen, Robert.
Topics:
Television programs--Religious aspects--Christianity., Religious broadcasting--Christianity., Awards--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151506
Title:
World Council-Vatican joint working group.
Description:
The first meeting of the historic new World Council of Churches-Vatican "joint working group," formed to explore means of collaboration and cooperation in various areas was held at the WCC's Ecumenical Institute at Bossey, near Geneva, Switzerland.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., Visser 't Hooft, Willem Adolph, 1900-1985., Catholic Church. Diocese of Salford (England). Bishop., Willebrands, J. G. M., Hamer, Jérôme., Espy, R. H. Edwin., Baum, William W., Vischer, Lukas., Schlink, Edmund, 1903-1984., Nēsiōtēs, Nikos A., 1924-1986., Holland, Thomas., Paulos Gregorios, 1922-1998., Borovoy, Vitaly M., Boyer, Charles., Dupre, Pierre.
Topics:
Ecumenical movement--Switzerland--Vaud., Interdenominational cooperation--Switzerland--Vaud., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Vaud.
Geographic subjects:
Vaud (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151500
Title:
New Mass honors patron of Europe.
Description:
A new Mass honoring St. Benedict under the title of Protector of Europe, conferred on him by Pope Paul VI last October, has been approved by the Sacred Congregation of Rites.
Creator:
Sano di Pietro, 1406-1481. (painter), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Congregatio Sacrorum Rituum., Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino., VI, Paul, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Christian patron saints--Italy., Christian patron saints in art., Mass.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151494
Title:
Adlai Stevenson at memorial unveiling.
Description:
In 1951, as governor of Illinois, Adlai E. Stevenson took part in the unveiling of a 25-ton memorial to Father Jacques Marquette, French priest-explorer, on the grounds of St. Mary's Catholic church at Utica, Ill.
Creator:
Esmond, Robert V. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--United States., Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965., Marquette, Jacques, 1637-1675., Dirksen, Everett McKinley., United Nations--Officials and employees, American., McNamara, Martin D., Stritch, Samuel Alphonsus, 1887-1958., Schlarman, Joseph H. L.
Topics:
Ambassadors--United States., Governors--Illinois., Memorials--Illinois--Utica.
Geographic subjects:
Utica (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151452
Title:
Lutheran-Catholic dialogue.
Description:
Scholars and church officials participating in the first official theological talks between Lutherans and Roman Catholics in the U.S. stated at a press conference following the sessions that the discussions were "fruitful."
Creator:
Tadder, Morton. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church\u2014Relations\u2014Lutheran Church., Lutheran Church in America., Nicene Creed., Sittler, Joseph., Burghardt, Walter J., Murray, John Courtney., Empie, Paul C., Murphy, T. Austin (Thomas Austin), 1911-1991., Quanbeck, Warren A.
Topics:
Christian union conversations--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Baltimore (Md.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151440
Title:
Vatican Vicar General leaves U.S.
Description:
Bishop Peter van Lierde, O.S.A., photographed at New York's International Airport before flying for Brussels via a Sabena Belgian World Airliner.
Creator:
Sabena Belgian World Airlines. Press and Information Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sabena Belgian World Airlines., Lierde, Peter Canisius Johannes van., Catholic Church. Congregatio Sacrorum Rituum., Catholic Church--Bishops--Vatican City--Travel., XII, Pius, Pope, 1876-1958.
Topics:
Airports--New York (State)--New York., Vicars-general--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151422

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