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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Deaf attend Luther services.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: DEAF ATTEND LUTHER SERVICES #1795 MINNEAPOLIS -- Among the 11,000 persons who attended the memorial service here marking the 400th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther were more than 100 members of Lutheran churches for the deaf. Here the Rev. John Salvner interprets for them a speech given by Dr. J. W. Behnken, of Oak Park, Ill., president of the Missouri Lutheran Synod. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CM-MI-MES-2C-6-L)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Luther, Martin, 1483-1546--Anniversaries, etc., Salvner, John., Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod--Clergy.
Topics:
Church work with the deaf--Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod., Church work with the deaf--Minnesota--Minneapolis., Interpreters for the deaf--Minnesota--Minneapolis., Clergy--Minnesota--Minneapolis., Memorial service., Translating and interpreting--Minnesota--Minneapolis.
Geographic subjects:
Minneapolis (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358633
Title:
In memoriam: red vestments for martyrs.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-29923 IN MEMORIAM: RED VESTMENTS FOR MARTYRS SAN FRANCISCO -- Typical of hundreds of churches across the United States was this scene in San Francisco. On Sunday, Sept. 22, the nation’s churchgoers joined in memorial services for four Negro girls who died when a bomb blasted a Negro Baptist church in Birmingham. Here, at St. Dominic’s Roman Catholic church, the more than 2,500 attending services overflowed the building. They fell to their knees on the sidewalk during a Mass offered for the dead children. The priest wore vestments in the “red of martyrdom” instead of the black of mourning. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-9D-63-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. Dominic’s Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Catholic Church--Liturgy.
Topics:
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Memorial service., Mass.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358130
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Saigon crisis: Buddhist monks in protest.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-29766 SAIGON CRISIS: BUDDHIST MONKS IN PROTEST SAIGON, South Vietnam -- The policies of the Diem government are assailed by Buddhist monks before a huge crowd attending memorial services outside the Xa Loi Pagoda in Saigon. Services were held for a monk who had burned himself to death as a sign of protest against alleged religious persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnam regime headed by President Ngo Dinh Diem. Rioting, police raids on pagoda followed demonstrations in main centers. The U.S. Sate Department charged that the Diem government had violated assurances that it would pressure a policy of reconciliation with the Buddhists. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-8D-63-W)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Quảng Đức, Thích--Death and burial.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic), Demonstrations--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Memorial service., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Vietnam (Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358117
Title:
Buddhists honor monk who took life in crisis.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-29749 BUDDHISTS HONOR MONK WHO TOOK LIFE IN CRISIS HUE, South Vietnam -- Buddhist monks pray at an altar in Hue, South Vietnam, in a service commemorating a novice priest who burned himself to death to protest alleged anti-Buddhist policies of the South Vietnamese government. Five Buddhist clergy took their lives to point up the continuing tension between the Buddhists and the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem, a Roman Catholic. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-8D-63-W)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Self-immolation--Religious aspects--Buddhism., Self-immolation--Vietnam--Huế., Suicide--Vietnam--Huế., Demonstrations--Vietnam--Huế., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Huế., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic), Memorial service.
Geographic subjects:
Huế (Vietnam), Vietnam (Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358090
Title:
Monks pray at altar to suicide priest.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Self-immolation--Religious aspects--Buddhism., Self-immolation--Vietnam--Huế., Suicide--Vietnam--Huế., Demonstrations--Vietnam--Huế., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Huế., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic), Memorial service.
Geographic subjects:
Huế (Vietnam), Vietnam (Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357850
Title:
Monks protest government.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Quảng Đức, Thích--Death and burial.
Topics:
Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic), Demonstrations--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Memorial service., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Vietnam (Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357763
Title:
They thought of Birmingham.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., St. Dominic’s Church (San Francisco, Calif.), Catholic Church--Liturgy.
Topics:
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Memorial service., Mass.
Geographic subjects:
San Francisco (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357754
Title:
Johnsons attend Kennedy memorial service.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31847 JOHNSONS ATTEND KENNEDY MEMORIAL SERVICE AUSTIN, Tex. -- President and Mrs. Johnson, accompanied by Federal Judge and Mrs. Homer Thornberry (left), took part in an interreligious, interracial memorial service for the late President Kennedy at University Memorial church in Austin, Tex. Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Thornberry join the congregation of 900 in singing a hymn. Five clergymen -- Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish -- led the memorial service. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-11D-64-NBM)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973., Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007., Thornberry, Homer, 1909-1995., Thornberry, Eloise Engle., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963--Death and burial.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Presidents' spouses--United States., Judges--Texas--Austin., Judges' spouses--Texas--Austin., Memorial service., Interdenominational cooperation--Texas--Austin.
Geographic subjects:
Austin (Tex.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356682
Title:
College service honors Dr. Carlson.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-31883 COLLEGE SERVICE HONORS DR. CARLSON CHICAGO -- Friends of Dr. Paul Carlson, 36-year-old American medical missionary killed in the Congo, held a memorial service in his honor at North Park College in Chicago, where he graduated in 1949 before going on to Stanford University and George Washington University Medical School. Dr. Clarence A. Nelson, president of the Evangelical Covenant Church of America, which Dr. Carlson served in the Congo, presided at the service. North Park College and Theological Seminary is related to the Evangelical Covenant Church. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (NP-CI-12A-64-NBM)
Creator:
Evangelical Covenant Church of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964--Death and burial., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), North Park College and Theological Seminary., Nelson, Clarence A., 1900-1971., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Clergy.
Topics:
Memorial service., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Capital punishment--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356645
Title:
Memorial Mass for President Kennedy.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31859 MEMORIAL MASS FOR PRESIDENT KENNEDY BOSTON -- Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, celebrated a nationally televised Mass “facing the people” to mark the first anniversary of the death of President John F. Kennedy. Standing at a simple altar in the forefront of the sanctuary, Cardinal Cushing used a new English Ritual for the first time. A congregation of more than 3,000 overflowed the massive cathedral. Mrs. Peter Lawford, the President’s sister, sat in a front pew with her daughter and two cousins. Other dignitaries present included U.S. House Speaker John W. McCormack, Gov. Endicott Peabody and Mayor John J. Collins [sic. John F. Collins]. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CB-BOS-11D-64-NAB)
Creator:
Buckley, C.M. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963., Catholic Church--Bishops., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Boston, Mass.), Lawford, Patricia Kennedy, 1924-2006., McCormack, John W., 1891-1980., Peabody, Endicott, 1920-1997., Collins, John F., 1919-1995.
Topics:
Presidents--United States., Memorial service., Mass--Celebration., Television broadcasting--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356570
Title:
Memorial service in honor of Dr. Paul Earle Carlson.
Creator:
Evangelical Covenant Church of America. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964--Death and burial., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), North Park College and Theological Seminary., Nelson, Clarence A., 1900-1971., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Clergy.
Topics:
Memorial service., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Capital punishment--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Chicago (Ill.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356475
Title:
Japan Orthodox service for King Paul.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: EPO-30729 JAPAN ORTHODOX SERVICE FOR KING PAUL TOKYO -- Tokyo's Resurrection Cathedral (Orthodox) was the scene of this requiem service for the late King Paul of Greece, attended by the Crown Prince and Princess of Japan, high government officials and members of the diplomatic corps. Crown Prince Akihito Tsugu No Miya and Princess Kazuko are shown standing at right. The Greek Embassy sponsored the memorial service for the king who died at 62. His funeral in Athens was attended by world government, political and religious leaders, including, from the U.S., former President Truman, Mrs. Lyndon Johnson, the First Lady, and Archbishop Iakovos, head of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-3C-64-NAB)
Creator:
Trabant, G. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Tokyo, Japan), Paul I, King of the Hellenes, 1901-1964., Nihon Harisutosu Seikyōkai., Akihito, Emperor Emeritus of Japan, 1933-, Michiko, Empress Emerita, consort of Akihito, Emperor Emeritus of Japan, 1934-, Akihito, Emperor Emeritus of Japan, 1933-
Topics:
Memorial service., Bereavement--Religious aspects--Christianity., Princes--Japan., Princesses--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353773
Title:
Memorial Mass at Monte Cassino.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30615 MEMORIAL MASS AT MONTE CASSINO MONTE CASSINO, Italy -- A memorial Mass was celebrated in the reconstructed world famous Monte Cassino Abbey to mark the 20th anniversary of its destruction by allied bombing in World War II. Top photo shows an unidentified woman lighting a candle at the tomb of a Polish soldier, one of more than 1,200 buried in a military cemetery below the Benedictine abbey. Polish troops serving with British forces helped to recapture the abbey from the Germans. Below is the abbey as it appeared 20 years ago after the bombardment. First built in 529 by St. Benedict, founder of the Benedictine Order, the abbey is located on a 1,600-foot hill. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-26-64-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Montecassino (Monastery)
Topics:
Cassino, Battle of, Cassino, Italy, 1944., Benedictine monasteries--Cassino--Italy., Memorial service., Bereavement--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Frosinone (Italy : Province)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353728
Title:
Memorial Mass at Monte Cassino.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30615 MEMORIAL MASS AT MONTE CASSINO MONTE CASSINO, Italy -- A memorial Mass was celebrated in the reconstructed world famous Monte Cassino Abbey to mark the 20th anniversary of its destruction by allied bombing in World War II. Top photo shows an unidentified woman lighting a candle at the tomb of a Polish soldier, one of more than 1,200 buried in a military cemetery below the Benedictine abbey. Polish troops serving with British forces helped to recapture the abbey from the Germans. Below is the abbey as it appeared 20 years ago after the bombardment. First built in 529 by St. Benedict, founder of the Benedictine Order, the abbey is located on a 1,600-foot hill. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-26-64-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Montecassino (Monastery)
Topics:
Cassino, Battle of, Cassino, Italy, 1944., Benedictine monasteries--Cassino--Italy., Memorial service., Bereavement--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Frosinone (Italy : Province)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353727
Title:
In memory of Belgian martyred priests.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30598 IN MEMORY OF BELGIAN MARTYRED PRIESTS NEW YORK -- Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, speaks to bereaved members of the Oblates of Mary at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Three Belgian priests of the order were slain at Kwilu Province in the Congo recently when anti-government guerillas attacked Christian missions. Members of the order attended a Solemn Pontifical Mass offered by Cardinal Spellman for the souls of the three priests. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BB-NY-2B-64-W)
Creator:
Braun, Bob. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.), Catholic Church--Bishops., Oblates of Mary Immaculate., St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York, N.Y.), Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Topics:
Bereavement--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Priests--Belgium--Brussels., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Martyrs--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Memorial service., Missionaries--Violence against--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Kwilu (Congo : Sub-Region)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353718
Title:
Pope's brother, friend at memorial.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30562 POPE'S BROTHER, FRIEND AT MEMORIAL JERUSALEM -- The elder brother of Pope Paul VI lights candles in memory of 6 million Jews slain by the Nazi regime, Sen. Lodovico Montini is shown at the "Chamber of Destruction" on Mount Zion, Jerusalem, during a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Watching at right is Dr. Meir Mendes, deputy director of the Israel Department of Christian Communities in the Ministry of Religions. The Montini-Mendes families have been close since 1939 when Pope Paul (then Msgr. Giovanni Battista Montini, Pro-Secretary of State) succeeded in saving the distinguished Roman Jewish family from Fascist antisemitic persecution. Through his efforts, the family found safety in Palestine. Dr. Mendes' father, Guido, now 87, was a schoolmate of Eugenio Pacelli, who went on to become Pope Pius XII. Dr. Mendes was a member of the Israeli delegation which attended Pope Paul's coronation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-2A-64-W)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Montini, Lodovico, 1896-1990., Mendes, Meir., Israel. Maḥlaḳah le-ʻedot Notsriyot.
Topics:
Papal legates--Jerusalem., Memorial service., Memorial rites and ceremonies--Jerusalem., Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Geographic subjects:
Zion, Mount (Jerusalem)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353711
Title:
20 years later at Cassino. 
Description:
Newspaper clipping from unidentified publication. 
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Montecassino (Monastery)
Topics:
Cassino, Battle of, Cassino, Italy, 1944., Benedictine monasteries--Cassino--Italy., Memorial service., Bereavement--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Frosinone (Italy : Province)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353671
Title:
Casualty of World War II.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Montecassino (Monastery)
Topics:
Cassino, Battle of, Cassino, Italy, 1944., Benedictine monasteries--Cassino--Italy., Memorial service., Bereavement--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Frosinone (Italy : Province)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353645
Title:
Pope's brother in Israel.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Montini, Lodovico, 1896-1990., Mendes, Meir.
Topics:
Papal legates--Jerusalem., Memorial service., Memorial rites and ceremonies--Jerusalem., Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Geographic subjects:
Zion, Mount (Jerusalem)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353517
Title:
Japan Orthodox service for King Paul.
Description:
Newspaper clipping from The Japan Times.
Creator:
Trabant, G. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Holy Resurrection Cathedral (Tokyo, Japan), Paul I, King of the Hellenes, 1901-1964., Nihon Harisutosu Seikyōkai., Akihito, Emperor Emeritus of Japan, 1933-, Michiko, Empress Emerita, consort of Akihito, Emperor Emeritus of Japan, 1934-, Akihito, Emperor Emeritus of Japan, 1933-
Topics:
Memorial service., Bereavement--Religious aspects--Christianity., Princes--Japan., Princesses--Japan.
Geographic subjects:
Tokyo (Japan)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353474

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