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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46656 CHURCHES CHALLENGED ON WORLD HUNGER NEW YORK -- The Rev. Arthur Simon, a Lutheran clergyman who heads the Christian citizens’ movement on hunger -- Bread for the World -- tells a gathering of Roman Catholic Bishops and priests that U.S. Christians have failed to indicate their concern over world hunger sufficiently to prod government action on the food crisis. In asking, “Where are the Christians?” Mr. Simon observed that Church leaders have said all the right things about the world hunger and poverty situation. But, he added, Christian people at the grassroots level have not responded. He said there is a “big gap” between words and action. The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod clergyman made his remarks in a speech at the New York Catholic Center to diocesan clergy and lay officials concerned with promoting the annual American Catholic Overseas Aid Fund appeal. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by Chris Sheridan (CS-NY-1D-75-DS)Creator:Sheridan, Chris. (photographer)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod--Clergy., Simon, Arthur R., Bread for the World (Organization), Catholic Church--Finances.Topics:Clergy--New York (State)--New York., Hunger--Religious aspects--Christianity., International relief., Charity--Religious aspects--Christianity., Fund raising--United States.Geographic subjects:New York (N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362266
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46601 LONG LINE OF REFUGEES PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- As Cambodian insurgent increase their offensive, long lines of refugees are once again on the move towards the relative safety of Phnom Penh. Civilian casualties have been heavy in the fighting, which at some points is no more than 10 miles from the Cambodian capital, and at lease 20,000 new refugees have flooded into Phnom Penh since the beginning of 1975. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-PP-1B-75-DS)Creator:United Press International. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives.Topics:Refugees--Cambodia--Kândal (Province), Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Refugees., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Cambodia--Kândal (Province)Geographic subjects:Kândal (Cambodia : Province)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362252
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: C-46639 IDAHO ‘DISSIDENT’ CATHOLICS APPEAL COURT RULING COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho -- A group of dissident Catholics, who reject Pope Paul and the teachings of Vatican II and who now live an austere, devotional life in Northern Idaho, has appealed a court ruling in Ohio awarding $96,000 in judgements to two men who claimed the movement alienated their wives. The appeal was filed by lawyers for Our Lady of Fatima Crusade, which is based at the farm-centered City of Mary near Rathdrum, Idaho, about 20 miles northwest of Coeur d’Alene. It asked that the judgements against the Crusade and its leader, the non-accredited Bishop Francis Schuckardt (right photo), be set aside. Two brothers, Joseph and Henry Radecki of Toledo, Ohio, won the judgements after claiming in a suit in Lucas County (Ohio) court that the Crusade and Bishop Schuckardt alienated the affections of their wives by inducing them to leave their husbands and join the Idaho Crusade. The Crusade is often mistakenly linked with the Blue Army of Our Lady of Fatima, based in Washington, N.J. According to the local Coeur d’Alene newspaper, Bishop Schuckardt was once international secretary of the Blue Army, but broke away and founded the Fatima Crusade in 1967. A spokesman for the Blue Army said that Bishop Schuckardt’s claim of having been international secretary of the Blue Army is “false,” and that he worked for the Blue Army briefly as a developer of Blue Army “cells” around the country, but was eventually “fired.” He said that Bishop Schuckardt was a layman and not a priest, and had no idea how the Crusade leader received the title of bishop. Bishop Sylvester Treinen of Boise, whose diocese encompasses all of Idaho, has declared that because the Fatima Crusaders reject Pope Paul they can no longer be considered members of the Roman Catholic Church. At left, women members of the Crusade, dressed in long peasant-type costumes, stand and kneel outside the church in the City of Mary. Crusade members reportedly show special devotion to the Virgin Mary and follow literally the contents of the “Fatima message,” and strenuously object to the use of the vernacular in the Mass. They are strongly anti-Communist, reject public schools, discourage recreational activities, stress spiritual development, operate their own “Catholic” schools, and encourage members to become “sisters” and “brothers.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RVJ-IDA-1C-75-DS)Creator:Jones, Robert V. (contributor)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Schuckardt, Francis Konrad., Congregation of Mary Immaculate Queen.Topics:Catholic traditionalist movement--United States., Dissenters, Religious--Idaho--Kootenai County., Conservatism--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Appellate procedure., Alienation of affections., Marriage law--Ohio--Lucas County., Independent Catholic churches--Idaho--Kootenai County., Collective settlements--Idaho--Kootenai County.Geographic subjects:Kootenai County (Idaho)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362211
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: C-46549 PREPARE FOR HOLY YEAR VATICAN CITY -- Vatican attendant dismantle the interior part of the Holy Door inside St. Peter’s Basilica to remove a box of medals commemorating past Holy Years from 1300 to 1950. Pope Paul VI will open the Holy Door on Christmas Eve to start the 1975 Holy Year. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-ROM-12C-74-DS)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano., Catholic Church--Customs and practices.Topics:Holy Year., Christmas service--Catholic Church.Geographic subjects:Vatican City.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362201
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: C-46548 HANDING THE BALL OFF NOTRE DAME, Ind. -- After 11 years as head football coach of Notre Dame, Ara Parseghian hands the ball off the Dan Devine (left), former Green Bay Packers and Missouri head coach who will direct the Fighting Irish after the Orange Bowl game of New Year’s Day. Parseghian, who said he was “physically exhausted and emotionally drained,” resigned after compiling a 94-17-4 record in 11 seasons at Notre Dame. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-ND-12C-74-DS)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Parseghian, Ara, 1923-2017., Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Football team), Devine, Dan, 1924-2002., University of Notre Dame--Sports.Topics:Coaches (Athletics)--Illinois--South Bend., Football coaches--Illinois--South Bend., College sports--Illinois--South Bend.Geographic subjects:South Bend (Ind.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:362200
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-46244 U.N. ASSEMBLY HEARS ARAFAT, TEKOAH UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. -- At top, Yasir Arafat, the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), acknowledges applause as he takes the podium to address the United Nations General Assembly. Mr. Arafat, whose appearance spurred numerous protests, told the Assembly that his organization’s goal remained a Palestinian state that would include Moslems, Christians and Jews. Below, with Israeli chief delegate Yosef Tekoah at the podium preparing to deliver a rebuttal to Mr. Arafat, representatives of the PLO (left front) and members of Arab delegations walk out of the Assembly chamber. Mr. Tekoah said that a state such as proposed by Mr. Arafat would mean the destruction of Israel and the substitution of an Arab state. He branded the Palestinian guerrillas as terroristic and murderous and vowed his government’s determination to fight them implacably. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-NY-11B-74-DS)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., United Nations. General Assembly., Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīnīyah., United Nations. General Assembly--Congresses., Arafat, Yasir, 1929-2004., Tekoah, Yosef, 1925-Topics:Arab-Israeli conflict., Palestine question (1948-), Ambassadors--Israel., Ambassadors--Palestine., Ambassadors--Arab countries., Demonstrations--New York (State)--New York.Geographic subjects:Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Palestine--Foreign relations.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361965
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-46212 RALLY PROTESTS UN BID TO PALESTINIANS NEW YORK -- A crowd estimated at more than 100,000 jams Dag Hammarskjold Plaza opposite United Nations headquarters in New York (top photo) to denounce the organization’s invitation to representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to address a session of the its General Assembly. Sponsored by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the rally was one of the largest Jewish demonstrations in the history of New York City. Below, Sen. Henry Jackson (D-Wash.), left, one of several political leaders who addressed the rally, wave to the crowd. Others on the speakers platform include, left to right, Rabbi Israel Miller, chairman of the Conference of Presidents; former Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Sen. Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.), and Dr. Arnold Olson, president of the Evangelical Free Church of America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JL-NY-11A-74-DS)Creator:Lei, John C. (photographer)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., United Nations. General Assembly--Congresses., Munaẓẓamat al-Taḥrīr al-Filasṭīnīyah., Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations., Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983., Miller, Israel, 1918-2002., Clark, Ramsey, 1927-2021., Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986., Olson, Arnold Theodore., Evangelical Free Church of America--Clergy.Topics:Demonstrations--New York (State)--New York., Arab-Israeli conflict., Palestine question (1948-), Picketing--New York (State)--New York., Legislators--United States., Rabbis--New York (State)--New York., Clergy--New York (State)--New York.Geographic subjects:Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361963
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46253 MS. ON WOMEN PRIESTS NEW YORK -- The December issue of Ms. magazine features a photograph of the Rev. Carter Heyward, one of the 11 Episcopal women ordained in the controversial ceremony in July, on the cover and several articles on women priests. The magazine’s cover story, “Who’s Afraid of Women Priests?” by Malcolm Boyd, an Episcopal priest and author, deals with women and the priesthood. The issue also contains interviews with Dr. Charles Willie, who resigned as vice-chairman of the Episcopal Church’s House of Deputies in protest over the bishops declaring the ordinations invalid, and Ms. Heyward, and a profile of the Rev. Jeanette Piccard, the 79-year-old woman who was one of the 11 ordained. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-NY-11C-74-DS)Creator:Feminist Majority Foundation. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Feminist Majority Foundation--Publishing., Heyward, Carter., Episcopal Church--Clergy.Topics:Clergy--United States., Women clergy--United States., Ordination of women--Episcopal Church., Periodicals--United States., Women's periodicals--United States., Ordination of women--Public opinion.Geographic subjects:United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361938
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-46226 COCU SESSION HEARS DR. NELSON CINCINNATI -- Dr. J. Robert Nelson, who recently resigned as dean of Boston University’s School of Theology but continues there as a professor, rises to tell the 12th Plenary of the nine-denomination Consultation on Church Union that they should avoid the pitfall of updating their theology in such a way that the new is as dated as the old. The noted United Methodist theologian was an observed at the COCU meeting in Cincinnati. Listening to him at left are Dr. William Thompson, stated clerk of the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., and Mrs. Lois Stair, former moderator of the UPCUSA. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BK-CIN-11A-74-DS)Creator:Fulton, John. (photographer), Consultation on Church Union. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Consultation on Church Union., Consultation on Church Union--Congresses., Nelson, J. Robert (John Robert), 1920-, Thompson, William P., 1918-, United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., Stair, Lois, 1923-1981.Topics:Congresses and conventions--Ohio--Cincinnati., Christian union--Congresses., Christian union--United States., Christian leadership--Ohio--Cincinnati., Theologians--Ohio--Cincinnati.Geographic subjects:Cincinnati (Ohio)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361923
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PCJ-46161 AGREEMENT REACHED ON SOVIET TRADE AND EMIGRATION WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Soviet Union has pledged to lift restrictions on the emigrations of Jews and others in return for tariff concessions and credits by the U.S., Sen. Henry Jackson (D--Wash.) announced in Washington, D.C. The White House and the State Department extended the courtesy of allowing the announcement to be made by Sen. Jackson, who led a drive in Congress to block trade concessions to the USSR unless emigration was made easier. He said there was no numerical quota placed on the number of persons the Soviet Union must allow to leave each year but that the U.S. had a “bench mark" of 60,000. Discussing the agreement at the White House are, from left: Rep. Charles A. Vanik (D--Ohio), Sen. Jackson, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, President Ford, and Sen. Jacob Javits (R.N.Y.). Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-WAS-10D-74-DS)Creator:United Press International. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983., Vanik, Charles., Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., Javits, Jacob K. (Jacob Koppel), 1904-1986.Topics:International economic relations., International trade., Jews--Migrations., Emigration and immigration--Political aspects., Emigration and immigration--Government policy, Jews--Soviet Union.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:361552
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46174 TWO VIEWS OF BUSING BOSTON -- Students at Boston’s Hyde Park High School (top photo) look through a shattered window of their school bus, damaged when fights broke out between black and white students at the school. Several students were injured in the incident, just part of the violence which has marred Boston’s court-ordered busing plan since the start of the school year. A more peaceful view of busing is achieved by four Boston students as they discuss school desegregation efforts with a Charlotte, N.C., student coordinating council (bottom photo). The four students (foreground left to right), Barbara Steer, Dana Gonsal, Bob Messina and Linda Lawrence, are members of the Hyde Park High School biracial committee who were invited to the Southern City by students to get a look at integration and how it works in Charlotte’s public high schools, where a massive busing program has been in effect for 10 years. “We’re still working at it every day, and we don’t have any miracle answers," a Charlotte student told the Boston group. “But what was a new situation for us 10 years ago is a new situation for you now. And we want you to know we’ve learned a lot about judging anybody, black or white, as an individual. It just took time." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-BOS/NC-10D-74-DS)Creator:United Press International. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Steer, Barbara., Gonsal, Dana., Messina, Bob., Lawrence, Linda.Topics:Busing for school integration--Massachusetts--Boston., Segregation in education--Massachusetts--Boston., School children--Transportation--Massachusetts--Boston., Race relations--Massachusetts--Boston., African American students--Massachusetts--Boston., Students--Massachusetts--Boston.Geographic subjects:Boston (Mass.), Hyde Park (Boston, Mass.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361549
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46112 DISAGREEMENT OVER ORDINATIONS A Jesuit theologian said that an article he wrote in 1966 was recently “misinterpreted" by an Episcopal bishop who cited it as support for invalidating the ordinations of 11 women deacons. Father Frans Josef van Beeck, S.J. (left), associate professor of systematic theology at Boson College, said that Episcopal Bishop Arthur A. Vogel of West Missouri (right) had not drawn the proper conclusions from his 1966 article. In his report to the Episcopal House of Bishops in August, which voted to declare the women’s ordinations invalid, Bishop Vogel said that, based on Father van Beeck’s article, “validity (of ordination) means ecclesiastical recognition." The Jesuit said that it was “obvious" that Bishop Vogel attributed “much more substance" to his definition of validity than he himself had intended for it to have, and that the “warranted" conclusion from the article would be that the women’s ordinations “was irregular, but not invalid in the traditional sense." Bishop Vogel has not replied that it remains his belief that he did not misinterpret Father van Beeck. “More importantly," he continued, “neither my advisement nor the action of the House of Bishops depended in any positive way on the theological position of Father van Beeck." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A/R-10B-74-DS)Creator:Religious News Service. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Beeck, Frans Jozef van., Boston College. Theology Department--Faculty., Jesuits., Catholic Church--Clergy., Vogel, Arthur A., 1924-2012., Episcopal Church--Bishops., Episcopal Church. Diocese of West Missouri., Episcopal Church. House of Bishops.Topics:Clergy--Appointment, call, and election., Ordination--Episcopal Church., Church controversies--Episcopal Church., Women in the Episcopal Church--United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361539
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46107 CANTERBURY ATTENDS GRAHAM CRUSADE RIO DE JANEIRO -- On the platform of a Billy Graham crusade for the first time are the spiritual leader of the Anglican Communion and the world’s best known evangelist. Archbishop Michael Ramsey of Canterbury (second from left) joined Billy Graham on the opening night of Mr. Graham’s five-day crusade in Rio de Janeiro. At right is Pastor Nilson Fanini of Niteroi, the chairman of the crusade executive committee. Archbishop Ramsey, who was on a tour of South America, told the crowd he had come to Marcana Stadium “to speak to this great gathering of fellow Christians." He was introduced by Mr. Graham as a “friend for many years," and responded with a talk in which he said every Christian should be an evangelist. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-RIO-10B-74-DS)Creator:Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Ramsey, Michael, 1904-1988., Church of England--Bishops., do Amaral Fanini, Nilson., Convenção Batista Brasileira--Clergy., Baptist World Alliance., Maracanã Stadium (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)Topics:Bishops--England., Evangelists--United States., Revivals--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro., Evangelistic work--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.Geographic subjects:Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361535
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46071 CALLEY CONVICTION OVERTURNED COLUMBUS, Ga. -- A federal judge has overturned the 1971 murder conviction of former Army Lt. William Calley, who was charged with murdering at least 22 Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, and has ordered that he be freed from imprisonment at Forth Leavenworth, Kansas. U.S. District Judge J. Robert Elliott cited massive pretrial publicity, improperly drawn charges presented by Arm officers, and the denial of Lt. Calley’s request to call high-ranking Pentagon officials to testify as reasons for his action. He contended that the conviction was constitutionally invalid. The Army said that it had recommended to the Justice Department that the decision be appealed and that Mr. Calley would not be released pending disposition of the appeal. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-NY-9D-74-DS)Creator:United Press International. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Calley, William Laws, Jr., 1943-, United States. Army., Elliott, J. Robert, 1910-Topics:My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, 1968., Criminal investigation--Georgia--Columbus., Judgments, Criminal--Georgia--Columbus., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Atrocities.Geographic subjects:Columbus (Ga.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361525
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46065 MAP SHOWS ‘UNCHURCHED’ POPULATION WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This map of the continental United States shows, on a county-by-county basis, the percentage of the “unchurched" population as of 1971. The term “unchurched" in this case refers to all those persons who are not on the church rolls of any Christian denomination. The dark grey areas on the map indicate counties where more than 60 percent of the population are not on Christian church membership rolls, while the light grey areas are counties where 40 to 60 percent can be considered unchurched. The white areas have been, according to the data available, up to 40 percent of the population belonging to a Christian denomination. The map was prepared by the Glenmary Research Center, Washington, D.C., a Roman Catholic agency, and is based on data on church membership rolls found in “Churches and Church Membership in the United States: 1971" issued earlier this year. The study was compiled by Douglas W. Johnson, staff associate at the National Council of Churches’ Office of Research, Evaluation and Planning, New York; Paul R. Picard, director of research, Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod, St. Louis; and Father Bernard Quinn, director of the Glenmary Research Center. While the data contained in the report encompasses just 80.9 percent of Christian church members, on the map county percentages of the unchurched were adjusted downwards to compensate for the unreported 19.2 percent. Also, since some denominations counted all baptized persons, including infants, and others did not, for the purposes of the map, membership statistics have been adjusted so that children of members in denominations that do not count infants are not included among the unchurched. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-WAS-9D-74-DS)Creator:Glenmary Research Center. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Glenmary Research Center., Catholic Church--Relations--Protestant churches., Johnson, Douglas W., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Picard, Paul R., American Lutheran Church (1961-1987), Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod., Quinn, Bernard Donald.Topics:Church membership--United States., Baptism and church membership--United States., Choice of church--United States., Demographic surveys--United States., Christians--Census.Geographic subjects:United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361521
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-46192 MARTIN LUTHER IS THEIR HERO MINNEAPOLIS -- You've seen Beethoven, Jesus, numerous rock stars and other cultural heroes emblazoned on T-shirts, and now Martin Luther has joined the list. Two young people attending Minneapolis' "Festival of Rediscovery" model shirts bearing a portrait of the Reformer. A stall at the Renaissance-Reformation festival silk-screened the portraits on clothing. It was one of 18 event centers at Augsburg College and Central Lutheran Church which offered medieval and modern music, dancing, drama and arts and crafts.. The festival ended with a "Christmas in October" service at which Martin Luther's Christmas sermon was delivered by famed Luther scholar Roland Bainton. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WLT-MIN-10E-74-DS)Creator:Schreiber, Larry. (photographer)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Luther, Martin, 1483-1546., Augsburg College., Central Lutheran Church (Minneapolis, Minn.)Topics:Festivals--Minnesota--Minneapolis., Renaissance fairs--Minnesota--Minneapolis., Religious gatherings--Minnesota--Minneapolis., Religious gatherings--Lutheran Church., T-shirts--Minnesota--Minneapolis., Screen process printing--Minnesota--Minneapolis.Geographic subjects:Minneapolis (Minn.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361517
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-46141 PRESIDENT, DR. KING ADDRESS ALC CONVENTION DETROIT -- At top, President Gerald Ford addresses delegates attending the seventh general convention of the American Lutheran Church in Detroit. After receiving an enthusiastic welcome as he entered the convention hall, President Ford said he was moved by their convention theme, Ministering to a Hungry World, and commended the ALC for its work in preparing for the bicentennial. Seated among the platform guests were Dr. Fredrik Schoitz, ALC president emeritus, and his wife. Below, Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr. (right) is warmly greeted by delegates after speaking to the convention. Dr. King, who is pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, said he felt no bitterness towards those who killed his wife and son. “I do not hate the man (James Earl Ray) seeking a new trial in Tennessee who supposedly took the life of my dear son," he told the delegates. “I don’t hate the man (Wayne Chenault) who came by…to get me and took the life of my wife. I’ve got a job to do -- I love you, every one of you, and I hope you love me." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-DET-10C-74-DS)Creator:American Lutheran Church (1961-1987) (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., American Lutheran Church (1961-1987)--Congresses., Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006., King, Martin Luther, Sr., 1899-1984., Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.), American Lutheran Church (1961-1987)--Clergy., Schiotz, Fredrik A. (Fredrik Axel), 1901-1989., Schiotz, Dagny.Topics:Congresses and conventions--Michigan--Detroit., Presidents--United States., Speeches, addresses, etc., Clergy--Michigan--Detroit., African American clergy--Michigan--Detroit.Geographic subjects:Detroit (Mich.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361516
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-46103 CHILE BISHOP UNDER PRESSURE TO RESIGN SANTIAGO, Chile -- Pressure for the resignation and departure of Bishop Helmut Frenz of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Chile has mounted in recent weeks within his own church. Opponents of the 41-year-old native German churchman have purchased space in newspapers to publish requests for his resignation and departure. The bishop -- in Chile for nine years and head of the 24,000-member, mainly German-background denomination since 1970 -- has been in conflict with conservative factions in the church for an extended period. Criticism has sharpened in the last year mainly because of his work on behalf of political refugees in Chile following the September 1973 military coup which toppled the Allende regime. In another development, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadruddin Aga Khan, announced that Bishop Frenz has been named to receive the 1974 Nansen Medal for outstanding service to refugees. Bishop Frenz took the lead in organizing a National Refugee Committee together with Roman Catholic, Protestant and other groups shortly after the September 1973 coup. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-GEN-10B-74-DS)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Frenz, Helmut., Iglesia Evangélica Luterana--Bishops.Topics:Clergy--Appointment, call, and election., Clergy--Resignation--Chile--Santiago., Church controversies--Catholic Church., Church and state--Catholic Church., Church and state--Chile--Santiago.Geographic subjects:Santiago (Chile)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361514
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: J-46160 MEETS WITH ISRAELI LEADERS JERUSALEM -- U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (center) prepares to enter a limousine following a round of talks with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (left) and Foreign Minister Yigal Allon. Dr. Kissinger, during his latest trip to Israel and the Arab nations, reached agreement on furthering Middle East peace efforts. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (B-JER-10C-74-DS)Creator:United Press International. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Kissinger, Henry, 1923-2023., United States. Department of State., Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995., Allon, Yigal, 1918-1980.Topics:Visits of state--Jerusalem., Foreign ministers--Jerusalem., Prime ministers--Jerusalem., Arab-Israeli conflict., Cabinet officers--United States.Geographic subjects:Jerusalem., United States--Foreign relations--Israel., Israel--Foreign relations--United States.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361511
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-46013 FRESCO OF PREGNANT MARY IS ARTIST’S GIFT WEST JEFFERSON, N.C. -- Artist Ben Long IV (left) transforms Luke 2:5 -- “Mary…Who was with child” -- into a visual rarity as he executes a life-size fresco of the Virgin Mary about eight months pregnant with the assistance of the Rev. J. Faulton Hodge. The fresco, which was painted into fresh plaster in about four days, is the artist’s gift to St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, a 100-member parish with a rustic 19th century roadside church in western North Carolina near West Jefferson. The “cartoon,” or study of the fresco, is at left. Mr. Long first visited the tiny church about two years ago while home in Statesville, N.C., from Florence, Italy, where he is studying the art of fresco under Pietro Annigoni, a master in the art but best known for his oil portrait of Queen Elizabeth. Last summer the artist offered to do a fresco for the church but Father Hodge, the vicar of St. Mary’s, admitted the parish could not pay for such a work of art. Mr. Long said it would be his gift and this summer he said he was ready to begin. The subject first selected was St. John the Baptist. But Father Hodge, in an effort to stir Mr. Long’s imagination, suggested a pregnant Virgin Mary, a rare sight in art history. The idea caught on because Mr. Long’s wife, Diane, was pregnant and she served as the model for the figure. The work, which was dedicated in early September, has Mary standing, turned slightly to the left. Her left hand is raised in a spiritual gesture. Her right arm cradles the unborn child. An eclipse signals the coming event. Next Summer Mr. Long will do a fresco of St. John for the church. He is now back in Italy where he is painting a fresco for a Franciscan monastery at Monte Catini, Termi. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO by Frank Jones (FJ-WS-9B-74-DS)Creator:Jones, Frank. (photographer)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Art., Long, Ben., Hodge, Faulton., Episcopal Church--Clergy.Topics:Clergy--North Carolina--West Jefferson., Artists--North Carolina--West Jefferson., Mural painting and decoration--North Carolina--West Jefferson., Interior decoration--North Carolina--West Jefferson., Pregnancy in art.Geographic subjects:West Jefferson (N.C.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361265
