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:
Hospital opens playroom.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-45000 HOSPITAL OPENS PLAYROOM NEW YORK -- A playroom has been opened at the Downstate Medical Center hospital in New York to help children cope with hospitalization. Here, children play at the water table, a wooden stand with a plastic tray full of water which is usually surrounded by children sailing various objects or filling and emptying assorted cups and containers. Playroom supervisors said children often reveal their fears and misconceptions while playing with the puppets or the toy hospital that has been constructed in a bookcase. The miniature hospital includes scraps of wood, empty thread spools and bits of rubber tubing to suggest the treatment facilities of a hospital. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-NY-12B-73-DS)
Creator:
Fleury, P.J. (photographer), Downstate Medical Center (N.Y.) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Downstate Medical Center (N.Y.)
Topics:
Children--Hospital care--New York (State)--New York., Hospitals--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362502
Title:
Protestant, Catholic hospitals protest Phase IV.
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Text transcribed from caption: PC-44999 PROTESTANT, CATHOLIC HOSPITALS PROTEST PHASE IV WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Terming the proposed Phase IV regulations scheduled to go into effect Jan. 1 for the nation's hospitals as "economic insanity" and rank discrimination, the National Protestant-Catholic Hospitals' Action Committee has asked the Federal Cost of Living Council to make a number of changes in the regulations or else face court action. The committee, which represents those hospitals operated by various Protestant denominations and Catholic religious orders and dioceses, asserted at a Washington, D.C., news conference that a system of price controls which is fair and equitable is a vital necessity to all community hospitals to enable them to continue to provide high quality care for their patients. Attending the news conference were, from left: Sister Mary Maurita, R.S,M., executive vice president of the Catholic Hospital Association; John F. Harty, legal counsel for the committee; Dr. Charles D. Phillips, executive director of the American Protestant Hospital Association; and L. Rush Jordan, chairman of the committee. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-WAS-12B-73-DS)
Creator:
Reni Photos. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United States. Economic Stabilization Administration., Sengelaub, M. Maurita (Mary Maurita), 1918-, Catholic Hospital Association., Catholic Church--Relations--Protestant churches., Sisters of Mercy., Harty, John F., Phillips, Charles D., American Protestant Hospital Association., Jordan, L. Rush.
Topics:
Hospitals--Administration., Press conferences--Washington (D.C.), Religious health facilities--Washington (D.C.), Catholic hospitals--Washington (D.C.), Economic policy--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362501
Title:
Most happy family.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-44996 MOST HAPPY FAMILY WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Vice President Gerald R. Ford laughs along with his wife Betty and daughter Susan Elizabeth during a reception in his honor following his swearing-in as the 40th Vice President of the United States. Mr. Ford, 60, had been minority leader of the House of Representatives. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-WAS-12A-73-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., Ford, Betty, 1918-2011., Ford, Susan--1957-
Topics:
Vice-presidents--United States., Children of presidents--United States., Vice-presidents' spouses--United States., Oaths--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362500
Title:
Swearing-in of new vice president.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-44995 SWEARING-IN OF NEW VICE PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gerald R. Ford is sworn in as the 40th Vice President of the United States in the House of Representatives Chamber of the Capitol. Chief Justice Warren Burger (left) swears Mr. Ford in as Mrs. Ford holds the Bible for her husband. President Nixon (right) watches the ceremony along with House Speaker Carl Albert (upper left) and Sen. James O. Eastland (upper right), president pro tem of the Senate. Vice President Ford, who had been minority leader of the House, succeeds Spiro T. Agnew, who resigned the Vice Presidency. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-WAS-12A-73-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.), Burger, Warren E., 1907-1995., Albert, Carl Bert, 1908-2000., Eastland, James O. (James Oliver), 1904-1986., Agnew, Spiro T., 1918-1996.
Topics:
Vice-presidents--United States., Vice-presidents' spouses--United States., Oaths--Washington (D.C.)
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362499
Title:
"Painless Sunday School" on CBS.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-44992 'PAINLESS SUNDAY SCHOOL' ON CBS NEW YORK --- "Be fruitful and multiply,'' Marshall Efron commands his friends Mr. 0wl, Mr. Woodpecker and other creatures during his reenactment of the fifth day in the creation of the world. The scene was shown on a new television series for children called "Marshall Efron's Illustrated, Simplified and Painless Sunday School" on CBS-TV. Launched on the first Sunday of December, the first five 30-minute segments will be shown weekly through Jan. 13. The other two parts will be shown in the Spring. Written by Mr. Efron, the character actor, and Alfa-Betty Olsen, the series features the telling of Bible stories and various "field trips" designed to underscore spiritual and moral values in the modern world. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-NY-12A-73-DS)
Creator:
CBS Broadcasting Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Efron, Marshall., CBS Television Network., Olsen, Alfa-Betty.
Topics:
Bible--Study and teaching., Children's television programs--New York (State)--New York., Storytelling--Religious aspects--Christianity., Television broadcasting--Religious aspects--Christianity., Church work with children--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362498
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"Christmas Comet"
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-44987 'CHRISTMAS COMET' NEW YORK -- The appearance of the Comet Kohoutek, hailed by some as the "Christmas comet," is stimulating renewed discussions on the origin of the first Christmas star -- the star of Bethlehem. Astronomers expect the blazing Kohoutek, which is now appearing in southeastern skies before dawn, to be at its brightest around Christmas. It will disappear from view until Dec. 29 when it will be seen in the southwest. By the end of February, Kohoutek is expected to fade from view. Astronomers at the Hayden Planetarium in New York point out that three common theories are given to explain the star of Bethlehem: that it was a nova (a star that suddenly increases greatly in brilliance); that it was a comet; and that it was the "conjunction" of three planets aligned together and resulting in unusual brilliancy. While no explanation has been proven correct, Hayden Planetarium says astronomers appear to favor the conjunction theory -- mainly because comets were seen as an evil omen in ancient times, and there is no known comet appearing in the Middle East at the time of the birth of Jesus. This view of Kohoutek was made with the 48-inch Schmidt telescope at the Hale Observatories on Palomar Mountain, Calif. The small white lines were caused by stars during a 12-minute time exposure. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-LA-12A-73-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hayden Planetarium., Jesus Christ--Nativity., Palomar Observatory.
Topics:
Comets--New York (State)--New York., Star of Bethlehem., Astronomy in the Bible., Stars--Religious aspects--Christianity., Astronomy--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Kohoutek comet.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362497
Title:
Elated group.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-45140 ELATED GROUP MINNEAPOLIS -- Dr,. Paul Boe (left) is congratulated by attorney William Kunstler (right), his wife (center) and American Indian Movement leader Dennis Banks at a Minneapolis press conference after it was announced that the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis had reversed a contempt-of-court citation against him. Dr. Boe had been held in contempt when he refused to answer certain questions asked him by a grand jury about what he saw during the occupation of Wounded Knee. He also announced that he plans to "work for justice for American Indians” when his job as director of social services for the American Lutheran Church is terminated Jan 31. His position is being eliminated in a restructuring of ALC national offices in Minneapolis. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-MIN-1C-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Banks, Dennis., American Indian Movement.
Topics:
Political activists--Minnesota--Minneapolis., Indigenous peoples of North America--Civil rights., Contempt of court--South Dakota--Sioux Falls., Conduct of court proceedings--South Dakota--Sioux Falls., Social justice--Religious aspects--Lutheran Church., Court proceedings--Minnesota--Minneapolis., Indigenous activists--Minnesota--Minneapolis.
Geographic subjects:
Minneapolis (Minn.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362496
Title:
Concerned over adult conversion rate.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-45132 CONCERNED OVER ADULT CONVERSION RATE OMAHA -- After Dr. Clinton Marsh became moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. in 1973, he couldn't believe the nationwide figures on adult conversions. He found that in 1972, 8,786 United Presbyterian churches baptized 12, 729 adults, an average of 1.4 in each congregation. "I went back to see if the figure wasn't 127,000 instead," the Omaha clergyman said in an interview. The first figure was correct and it was roughly one-third the 1958 conversion rate, which Dr. Marsh said "was not aggressive either, so see, we've got reason to be concerned." · Church membership in 1972 slipped below three million, declining three percent in a year and dropping 10 per cent below the 1963 peak of 3.2 million. Some church members will blame the low rate of adult conversions on social-action programs of the last decade, believing the church has gotten away from its original purpose, Dr. Marsh said. Yet, there are fewer persons leaving the denominations now than in 1958 when the church was not as heavily involved in humanitarian programs. He sees signs of a resurgence in evangelism but is cautious about the direction it is taking. If the emphasis is on saving an individual's soul without correcting the wrongs of society, Dr. Marsh does not believe it will be a healthy trend. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ET-OMA-1C-74-DS)
Creator:
Trandahl, Edward. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly. Moderator (1973-1974 : Marsh), Marsh, Clinton M. (Clinton McClurkin), 1916-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Clergy.
Topics:
Christian converts--Omaha--Nebraska., Initiation rites--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Geographic subjects:
Omaha (Neb.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362495
Title:
Dr. Ralph Freed dies at 81.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-45101 DR. RALPH FREED DIES AT 81 CHATHAM, N.J. -- Dr. Ralph Freed, a veteran missionary and general director of Trans World Radio, the international Christian broadcasting organization, died in Monte Carlo, Monaco, at the age of 81. His missionary career spanned nearly five decades of service in the Middle East, Morocco, and finally in Monte Carlo, where he was working until his death. He was affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Dr. Freed's death Dec. 29 was announced in Chatham, N.J., at the international headquarters of the station by his son, Dr. Paul E. Freed, a Southern Baptist clergyman and president and founder of Trans World Radio. Founded in1952 as a non-profit interdenominational ministry, Trans World Radio broadcasts programs in some 35 languages from complexes at Monte Carlo and the Netherlands Antilles. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-NJ-1B-74-DS)
Creator:
Bachrach, Fabian (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Freed, Ralph, 1907-1973., Trans World Radio., Christian and Missionary Alliance.
Topics:
Radio broadcasting--Religious aspects--Christianity., Radio broadcasters--Monaco--Monte-Carlo., International broadcasting--Monaco--Monte-Carlo., Missionaries--Monaco--Monte-Carlo.
Geographic subjects:
Monte-Carlo (Monaco)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362494
Title:
Ministers on 'Pineapple Island.'
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-45090 MINISTERS ON 'PINEAPPLE ISLAND' LANAI, Hawaii -- The Rev. A.G. Rietdorf (left) and the Rev. Foy King are a special kind of men -- they have to be. They work in a special kind of place. The two men are the "before and after" of Southern Baptist Mission work on lonely, remote Lanai, a Hawaiian island completely owned by the Dole Pineapple Company. Lanai, with less than 2,500 permanent residents -- mostly Filipinos who work in the pineapple fields -- is connected to Honolulu only by air; the boats that dock at the island are pineapple barges. Mr. Rietdorf a retired pastor from Arkansas, came to Lanai six years ago and as one of only two clergymen on the island, he has been a counselor, comforter and wedding official. Taking his place now is Mr. King, who is retiring from Kaunakakai (Southern) Baptist church on nearby Molokai to come to Lanai. Here, the two ministers discuss the transition while walking along a familiar trail on "Pineapple Island." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by Don Rutledge (DR-GA-1A- 74-DS)
Creator:
Rutledge, Don. (photographer), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Dole Food Company., Rietdorf, A.G., King, Foy., Southern Baptist Mission., Southern Baptist Convention--Clergy., Kaunakakai Southern Baptist Church (Molokai, Hawaii), Southern Baptist Convention--Missions--Hawaii--Lanai.
Topics:
Fruit growers--Hawaii--Lanai., Church work with the working class--Hawaii--Lanai., Missionaries--Hawaii--Lanai., Filipino diaspora--Hawaii--Lanai., Filipinos--Migrations.
Geographic subjects:
Lanai (Hawaii)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362493
Title:
Reformed Church's first woman minister.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-45037 REFORMED CHURCH'S FIRST WOMAN MINISTER ACCORD, N.Y. -- Mrs. Joyce Stedge, 47, was ordained in Accord, N.Y., as the first woman minister in the Reformed Church in America. The mother of six children, who graduated with a masters in divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York last Spring, was ordained into the ministry by the Classis (local governing board) of Mid-Hudson and has been installed as pastor of the Rochester Reformed church of Accord. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-NY-12C-73-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Stedge, Joyce., Reformed Church in America--Clergy., Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.), Rochester Reformed Church (Accord, N.Y.)
Topics:
Ordination of women--New York (State)--Accord., Clergy--United States.--Accord., Women clergy--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Accord (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362492
Title:
Love loafs' to raise money for relief.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-44998 'LOVE LOAFS' TO RAISE MONEY FOR RELIEF FOR RELEASE: Dec. 15, 1973 MONROVIA, Calif. -- A new program that will enable churches to further assist people in crisis areas of the world has been developed by World Vision International. Based on a small bank called the "Love Loaf," the program is available for immediate implementation in denominations, individual churches or individual families. The focal point of the program is the Love Loaf, which is designed to placed on a family's table at mealtime. Members of the family place their change in the small ceramic bank, as illustrated in the top photo. If a local church is conducting the program, the loaves when filled with money are brought to the church and collected. The churches will control the distribution of 60 percent of the funds, designating the remaining 40 percent for World Vision to help support its ministry of emergency relief work in the developing nations. Families may also send a check or money order in the amount of the Love Loaf's contents directly to World Vision, a non-profit, interdenominational Christian humanitarian agency. (More information on the program can be obtained by writing: World Vision-Love Loaf, Box O, Pasadena, Calif. 91101)) Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-CAL-12A-73-DS)
Creator:
EPA Newsphoto. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Vision International.
Topics:
Charity--Religious aspects--Christianity., Fund raising--California--Monrovia.
Geographic subjects:
Monrovia (Calif.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362491
Title:
At forming of new denomination.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-44990 AT FORMING OF NEW DENOMINATION BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Leaders of the new National Presbyterian Church confer before the opening of the conservative group's first general assembly in Birmingham. From left are: Dr. Morton Smith of Jackson, Miss., a professor at Reformed Theological Seminary who was elected stated clerk of the new Church; Jack Williamson, a Greenville, Ala., lawyer, chosen as moderator; and the Rev. Frank M. Barker, Jr., pastor of the host Briarwood Presbyterian church in Mountain Brook, a Birmingham suburb. The new denomination, a break-off from the Presbyterian Church in the U.S. (Southern), consists of 75,000 worshipers from 275 congregations in 14 Southern and border states. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LC-BIR-12A-73-DS)
Creator:
Langston, T. E. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Presbyterian Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Reformed Theological Seminary--Faculty., Smith, Morton H. (Morton Howison), 1923-, Williamson, Jack., Barker, Frank., Briarwood Presbyterian Church (Birmingham, Ala.), National Presbyterian Church (U.S.)--Congresses.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Alabama--Birmingham., Church history., Christian sects--United States., Clergy conferences.
Geographic subjects:
Birmingham (Ala.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362490
Title:
Supports the president.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: J-45049 SUPPORTS THE PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, D .C. -- Rabbi Baruch Korff (right), chairman of the National Citizens Committee for Fairness to the President, shows President Nixon a newspaper advertisement his organization has been running. Rabbi Korff, of Rehoboth, Mass., called on Mr. Nixon in the Oval Office of the White House. His committee has been sponsoring ads charging that the news media has been unfair to the office of the Presidency during the Watergate scandal. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-WAS-12C-73-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Korff, Baruch, 1914-1995., National Citizens' Committee for Fairness to the Presidency (U.S.), Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994., Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.)
Topics:
Watergate Affair, 1972-1974., Presidents--United States., Political corruption--United States., Judaism--Relations--Christianity., Christianity and other religions--Judaism.
Geographic subjects:
Washington (D.C.), United States--Politics and government--1969-1974., United States--Politics and government--1974-1977.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362489
Title:
Father Peyton: Rosary making comeback.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-45097 FATHER PEYTON: ROSARY MAKING COMEBACK PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Father Patrick Peyton, C.S.C., the head of the Family Rosary Crusade, gets down on his knees to explain the rosary to six-year-old Paul Rheinfelder during a visit to Phoenix. During his stay in the Arizona city, the famed "Rosary Priest" indicated that more people than ever are reciting the rosary and said that 99 percent of Catholic priests are saying the rosary daily. Father Peyton stated that devotion to the rosary was in "eclipse" for a short time because he felt that the devotion was handled too routinely, but, he said, it is now returning with more fervor on the part of the faithful. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (HFU-PHO-1B-74-DS)
Creator:
Unger, Henry F. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Peyton, Patrick, 1909-1992., Catholic Church--Clergy., Congregation of Holy Cross., Rheinfelder, Paul., Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Devotion to.
Topics:
Church work with children--Arizona--Phoenix., Rosary--Arizona--Phoenix., Clergy--Arizona--Phoenix., Prayer--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Phoenix (Ariz.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362488
Title:
New year's greeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-45078 NEW YEAR'S GREETING ROME -- Pope Paul VI shakes hands with some Roman garbage collectors after he stopped to pray at a creche they had erected near St. Peter's Basilica. The pontiff was returning to the Vatican from celebrating Mass in the parish church of St. Anthony in a lower middle class neighborhood on Rome's southeast outskirts. He was marking the seventh World Day of Peace, an observance introduced by him on Jan. 1, 1968. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-ROM-1A-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Catholic Church--Bishops., Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano., Jesus Christ--Nativity.
Topics:
Popes., Papal visits--Rome--Italy., Crèches (Nativity scenes)--Rome--Italy., Special days--Rome--Italy.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362487
Title:
"Peace to you."
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-45064 'PEACE TO YOU' VATICAN CITY -- Italian sculptor Amble Sonaglia, who forms his works with antique nails, displays his sculpture of Archangel Gabriel against the backdrop of St. Peter's Basilica. The inscription on the large nail reads: "Pax Vobis" ("Peace to You"). The artist searches old palaces around Italy for hand-wrought nails that are at least 200 years old for his works. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-ROM-12D073-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sonaglia, Amble., Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano., Michael (Archangel)--Art.
Topics:
Sculptors--Vatican City., Christian art and symbolism--Vatican City., Metal sculpture--Vatican City., Religious art--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362486
Title:
Nun comments on women's commission.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-45058 NUN COMMENTS ON WOMEN'S COMMISSION ROME -- Sister Maria Teresa MacLeod is a 42-year-old Scottish-born American citizen who has some strong opinions on the role of women in the Roman Catholic Church. She is a member of the Vatican Commission for Women, which met for the first time in mid-November. The commission was established by Pope Paul to look into four areas concerning women -- women in society, the woman as person, women in relation to God and women in the Church. “We (the commission) will discuss human problems and social justice rather than what makes women different -- after all it would defeat the purpose to isolate women and say that they are different," Sister MacLeod said in an interview. "They are human beings with problems but we must remember that men have problems too. In fact, the whole aspect of Christian anthropology must be re-thought in terms of 20th Century physiology and psychology. “ "With regard to women's role in the Church, if you accept that women may not become priests, there is still no reason why they should not have reasonable participation in those areas open to lay people,” she continued. "Given that the number of women religious far exceeds the number of men, it is still the men who almost totally dominate the composition of Vatican Commissions." Sister MacLeod, president of Rome's Regina Mundi Institute for Religious Culture and a consultant to the Vatican Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes, feels, however, that most of the men on the commission seem sympathetic to the problems of women and singled out the commission's chairman, Archbishop Enrico Bartoletti, for praise. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LH-ROM-12D-73-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., MacLeod, Maria Teresa, Sister., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Catholic Church--Bishops., Pontificia Università gregoriana., Catholic Church. Congregatio pro Institutis Vitae Consecratae et Societatibus Vitae Apostolicae., Bartoletti, Enrico.
Topics:
Nuns--Italy--Rome., Scottish Americans--Italy--Rome., Women religious leaders--Italy--Rome., Religious leaders--Italy--Rome., Women in the Catholic Church--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362485
Title:
Pontiff meets with African leaders.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-45056 PONTIFF MEETS WITH AFRICAN LEADERS VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI shakes hands with Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia after four African leaders met with the pontiff in an "unofficial" audience to discuss aspects of the Middle East crisis. The 2½-hour private meeting involved, in addition to the Pope and the Ethiopian emperor, Gen. Jaafar Mohamed Nimeiri of the Sudan, Vice President James Greene of Liberia and Foreign Minister Vernon Mwaanga of Zambia. The leaders reportedly agreed that a "special status" for Jerusalem should be discussed at the Geneva peace talks. During the meeting, the Pope addressed himself directly to the participation of the Vatican in the Geneva peace conference and to the problems of Palestinian refugees and the African nations in general. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-ROM-12D-73-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Catholic Church--Bishops., Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1892-1975., Catholic Church--Foreign relations.
Topics:
Popes., Meetings--Vatican City., Catholic Church and world politics., Emperors--Ethiopia.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362484
Title:
Christmas blessing.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-45047 CHRISTMAS BLESSING VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI delivers his traditional Christmas blessing, "Urbi et Orbi" ("To the City of Rome and the World"), to some 50,000 persons filling St. Peter's Square. In his Christmas Day message, the Pope warned against a humanism that "exalts man" as "man's god," insisting that mankind is in need of salvation and a Savior. CHRISTMAS BLESSING Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-ROM-12D-73-DS)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Blessing and cursing--Vatican City., Christmas--Vatican City., Popes.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City., Piazza San Pietro (Vatican City)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362483

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