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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Monk burns self to death.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #29884 MONK BURNS SELF TO DEATH An aged Buddhist monk, the Rev. Quang Duc, burns to death before spectators at Saigon, Vietnam, June 11, 1963, to protest alleged persecution of Buddhists by President Ngo Dinh Diem’s government. As other monks lay in front of nearby fire trucks to prevent their moving, the monk set fire to his gasoline-soaked robes and sat while flames engulfed him. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-9-16-63-S)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Quảng Đức, Thích., Quảng Đức, Thích--Death and burial.
Topics:
Self-immolation--Religious aspects--Buddhism., Self-immolation--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Suicide--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Demonstrations--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhist priests--Vietnam--Ho Chi Minh City., Civil rights movements--Vietnam (Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Vietnam (Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358022
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Wycliffe missionary in Viet Cong territory.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: P-32237 WYCLIFFE MISSIONARY IN VIET CONG TERRITORY VIETNAM -- A Brou tribeswoman’s eye is treated by John Allen, 34-year-old missionary for the Wycliffe Bible Translators from Allentown, Pa., who maintains an isolated jungle post near the North-South Vietnamese border, an area heavily infiltrated by Viet Cong guerillas. The nearest military protection is a small unit of U.S. special forces two miles away. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-3A-65-NBM)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Wycliffe Bible Translators., Allen, John.
Topics:
Missionaries--Vietnam--Quảng Trị (Province), Bru (Southeast Asian people)--Vietnam--Quảng Trị (Province), Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Vietnam--Quảng Trị (Province)
Geographic subjects:
Quảng Trị (Vietnam : Province)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355915
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Fighting priest' in Vietnam relieved of command.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30948 'FIGHTING PRIEST' IN VIETNAM RELIEVED OF COMMAND SAIGON, So. Vietnam -- Father Augustin Nguyen Loc Hoa, a Chinese priest who has headed a corps of volunteers fighting Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam since 1959, has been relieved of his command. A major of the South Vietnamese army has been named to replace him as leader of about 1,200 men who have carved out a safe haven in the Hai Yen sector of the Communist-dominated Camau peninsula of South Vietnam. The 56-year-old priest, shown here working at an outpost of the Binh Hung village, has been a symbol of freedom to Catholics in Vietnam and elsewhere. He is a former Lt. Col. in the Chinese Nationalist Army and fled Communist China in 1951 with several hundred followers. He went first to North Vietnam, then Cambodia and finally to South Vietnam where Chinese and Vietnamese took up arms to help him fight Vietcong guerrillas. No official government explanation for the replacement has so far come from Saigon. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-4D-64-NAB)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Nguyễn, Hoa Lạc., Vietnam. Quân đội nhân dân. Cục dân quân tự vệ
Topics:
Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Vietnam--Cà Mau., Communism and Christianity--China., Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Underground movements--Vietnam--Cà Mau., Veterans--China.
Geographic subjects:
Cà Mau (Vietnam)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348446
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A North Vietnamese nun.
Description:
Hanoi -- A North Vietnamese nun, Ntuyen Tkhi Choung, looks sadly at signs of war in Hanoi. The city's workers, unlike the nun, all bear arms. Ringed with anti-aircraft guns and missile sites, the city is on a constant alert for air raids.
Creator:
Daily express (London, England) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service, Archives.
Topics:
Nuns--Vietnam--Hanoi., War--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Vietnam War, 1961-1975., War and society--Vietnam--Hanoi.
Geographic subjects:
Hanoi (Vietnam)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:139021

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