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:
Castro meets Cardinal.
Description:
Cuban Premier Fidel Castro is greeted by Cardinal Raul Silva Henriquez of Santiago during the Cuban leader's recent visit to Chile.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Santiago (Chile). Archbishop (1961-1983 : Silva Henríquez), Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016., Silva Henríquez, Raúl
Topics:
Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Santiago (Chile), Cuba--Foreign relations--1959-1990.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:150099
Title:
American nun arrives in Hong Kong.
Description:
Dressed in brown Carmelite robe and cloth Chinese shoes, both feet were bandaged. She was carried from her stateroom on back of Father Smith. She weighed less than 100 pounds. She tried to cover her face with handkerchiefs as photographers flashed away.
Creator:
De Santerre, Daniele. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Daughters of Charity of Canossa., Carmelite Nuns.
Topics:
Nuns--China., Women missionaries--China., Communism--China., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Hong Kong., China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:149859
Title:
Reds free emancipated Italian Bishop.
Description:
Bishop Alfonso Maria Corrado Ferroni, O.F.M. is released after imprisonment in Communist China.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Franciscans., Catholic Church--Bishops--China--Hubei Sheng., Ferroni, Alfonso Maria Corrado, 1892-1966.
Topics:
Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism--China., Political prisoners--China., Persecution--China.
Geographic subjects:
Hong Kong., China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148469
Title:
American Dominicans leave China.
Description:
Crossing border are three priests (left to right) Italian Father Ambrose Poletti, Hong Kong priest meets Hyde, Joyce, and Gordon. With them on far right is Police Superintendent A. L. Gordon who has charge of the British side of border.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Clergy--Hong Kong., Poletti, Ambrose., Hyde, Joseph E., Joyce, James G., Gordon, Frederick A.
Topics:
Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism--China., Political prisoners--China., Persecution--China., Dominican Americans--Hong Kong.
Geographic subjects:
Hong Kong., China.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:148400

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