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:
American church relief.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: AMERICAN CHURCH RELIEF #S-4974 DUESSELDORF, Germany -- More than 600 German youngsters flocked to the Pestalozzi Home here for a “party” sponsored by local Protestant churches. In this photo, some of the children are shown as they received a bowl of soup, a relief item send by American church groups. Each child brought along his own bowl--or can, mug, or other container--to receive his gift of soup. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CWS-GER-1B-7-JOG-W)
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Church World Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., CRALOG (Organization)
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Germany., Children--Germany--Düsseldorf., Church work with children--Germany--Düsseldorf., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects--Protestant churches., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., International relief.
Geographic subjects:
Düsseldorf (Germany), Germany (West)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360591
Title:
New Archbishop of Prague.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: NEW ARCHBISHOP OF PRAGUE #S-4966 PRAGUE -- The Most Rev. Joseph Beran, who spent five years in Dachau and other German concentration camps because of his outspoken opposition to Nazi ideologies, is shown here on his way to St. Vitus Cathedral where he was solemnly installed as Archbishop of Prague. Thirty-third prelate to occupy the Prague See, Archbishop Beran succeeds Karl Cardinal Kasper, who died in 1941. At Dachau the archbishop secretly ordained prisoners who completed their preparations for the priesthood while in the camp. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CZ-PRAG-1B-7-JOG-C)
Creator:
ČTK. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Beran, Josef, 1888-1969., Catholic Church--Bishops., Katedrála sv. Víta (Prague, Czech Republic)
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons., Ex-Nazi concentration camp inmates., Bishops--Czechoslovakia., Bishops--Czech Republic--Prague., Processions, Religious--Czech Republic--Prague., Consecration of bishops--Czech Republic--Prague.
Geographic subjects:
Prague (Czech Republic), Czechoslovakia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360589
Title:
Unusual Sunday school.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: UNUSUAL SUNDAY SCHOOL #S-4900 PITTSBURGH -- The Rev. James T. Orr reaches the climax of a Bible story at one of America’s most unique Sunday Schools. It is the Sunday School at the Alleghany County Juvenile Home, sponsored by the Council of Churches and the Board of Directors, for neglected and delinquent children ranging from six to 18 years old. Between 70 and 80 children attend each Sunday, singing hymns, repeating scriptures, listening to Bible stories and worshipping at an altar (above) made by inmates of Western Penitentiary. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ANH-PITTS-12C-6-JOG-2-SS)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Orr, James T.
Topics:
Clergy--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Sunday schools--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Juvenile detention homes--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Religious education--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360577
Title:
PWs hold religious services.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4831 PWs HOLD RELIGIOUS SERVICES RIMINI, Italy -- German prisoners of war interned in an Allied camp here gather for religious services and hear a sermon by Pastor Adolf Freudenberg, a secretary of the World Council of Churches in charge of refugee work. Dr. Freudenberg is a prominent anti-Nazi who worked in Geneva during the war, assisting in the rescue of Jewish refugees. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-BS-11C6-W-L)
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Freudenberg, Adolf, 1894-, World Council of Churches.
Topics:
Clergy--Italy--Rimini., World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons., Prisoners of war--Germany., Church work with prisoners of war--Italy--Rimini., Prisoners--Italy--Rimini., Prisoner-of-war camps--Italy--Rimini., Public worship--Italy--Rimini.
Geographic subjects:
Rimini (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360568
Title:
Religious editors at World Council.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4824 RELIGIOUS EDITORS AT WORLD COUNCIL GENEVA -- Delegates to the first International Conference of Christian Press Associations are shown in session at World Council headquarters here. Editors came from Denmark, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Hungary, England, Italy, Czechoslovakia and the United States to discuss methods of improving the gathering and transmission of religious news throughout the world. Similar meetings will be held each year. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RR-GEN-BS-11C6-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Editors--Switzerland--Geneva., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Religious newspapers and periodicals--Congresses., Religion and the press.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360566
Title:
Greek Orthodox pilgrims seek cure.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4789 GREEK ORTHODOX PILGRIMS SEEK CURE TENOS, Greece -- Members of the Greek Orthodox faith are shown here prostrating themselves on the steps of the Church of the Virgin Mary, where an icon of Mary is presumed to possess miraculous healing powers. The young and old lying on the steps praying to be cured are part of an Easter pilgrimage to the shrine which annually attracts 100,000 persons. The pilgrimage to Tenos, a small island in the Aegean Sea, dates back to medieval times. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FWN-NY-2C-7-JOG-W)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Church of the Virgin Mary (Tēnos, Greece)
Topics:
Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Greece--Tēnos., Easter--Greece--Tēnos., Holy Week--Greece--Tēnos., Posture in worship--Greece--Tēnos., Healing--Religious aspects--Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Geographic subjects:
Tēnos (Greece)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360562
Title:
Church relief for Greece.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4713 CHURCH RELIEF FOR GREECE ATHENS -- A trailer truck operated by Greek War Relief Association arrives at the Evangelical Church of Athens here with a relief shipment of 3500 pounds of food donated by American churchgoers. It is the first of four such shipments being made under the auspices of the War Relief Commission of the National Association of Evangelicals. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JK-NY-BS-10E6-W-R)
Creator:
Greek War Relief Association. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Greek War Relief Association., National Association of Evangelicals.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Greece., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Religious aspects., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Greece., International relief., Emergency food supply--Greece.
Geographic subjects:
Athens (Greece)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360557
Title:
German churchworker.
Description:
Handwritten caption on reverse of image.
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Church work with orphans--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Women in church work--Germany--Frankfurt am Main.
Geographic subjects:
Niederrad (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360552
Title:
German churchworker.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4683 GERMAN CHURCHWORKER FRANKFURT -- One of the younger sisters of the Motherhouse for Deaconesses, located on the outskirts of this city, manages a pleasant smile despite the private and desperate need suffered by many German civilians like herself. She is one of the group which during the war busied itself evacuating sick and wounded to air raid shelters during aerial bombardments and has now undertaken the care of German war orphans. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-FRANK-BS-10E6-W-L)
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Church work with orphans--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Women in church work--Germany--Frankfurt am Main.
Geographic subjects:
Niederrad (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360551
Title:
Churchwomen provide for German orphans.
Description:
Handwritten caption on reverse of image.
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Church work with orphans--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Women in church work--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Orphans--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Children--Germany--Frankfurt am Main.
Geographic subjects:
Niederrad (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360550
Title:
Churchwomen provide for German orphans.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4682 CHURCHWOMEN PROVIDE FOR GERMAN ORPHANS FRANKFURT -- To help solve the problem of young German children left orphaned and homeless by the war various religious groups in Germany, assisted by occupation authorities, have undertaken the work of caring for the needy youngsters. Here, at a Motherhouse for Deaconesses, a group of children gather for an informal midday meal. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-FRANK-BS-10D6-W-L)
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Church work with orphans--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Women in church work--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Orphans--Germany--Frankfurt am Main., Children--Germany--Frankfurt am Main.
Geographic subjects:
Niederrad (Frankfurt am Main, Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360549
Title:
Dissidents in Russian Orthodox Church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #S-4679 DISSIDENTS IN RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH PARIS -- Posed outside the Church of St. Sergius here where they convened for a four-day diocesan council are clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church who rebelled against the appointment by the Moscow Patriarch of Metropolitan Seraphim as Exarch of the western European dioceses. They have officially elected Archbishop Vladimir (seated, center, holding crozier) in his stead. The council maintained that the western dioceses belong to the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate at Istanbul and not to the Moscow Patriarchate. It further claimed that Archbishop Vladimir was named specifically in the will of the late Metropolitan Eulogius, of Paris, to succeed him as Exarch. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MP-PAR-BS-10D6-A-E)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Bishops., Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ, Constantinople (Ecumenical patriarchate). Archdiocese of Orthodox Parishes of Russian Tradition in Western Europe., Vladimir, Metropolitan, 1873-1959.
Topics:
Dissenters, Religious--France--Paris., Dissenters--France--Paris., Bishops--France--Paris., Councils and synods, Diocesan --France--Paris., Exarchates--Europe, Western.
Geographic subjects:
Paris (France)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360548
Title:
Cardinal to lecture in U.S.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CARDINAL TO LECTURE IN U.S. #C-5006 ROME -- Eugene Cardinal Tisserant, French-born secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Church, will visit the United States to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature from Princeton University Vatican sources have announced. The 62-year-old prelate, created a cardinal in 1936 and the only non-Italian member of the Roman Curia, will also deliver two lectures, “Byzantine and Oriental Art” and “The Holy See and the Eastern Church,” at the university. He is scheduled to sail from Rome April 6. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GB-ROME-BS-1C-47-C)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Tisserant, Eugène, 1884-1972.
Topics:
Bishops--Vatican City., Degrees, Academic--New Jersey--Princeton.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City., Princeton (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360542
Title:
Angelus Kupfer, Abbot of Koster Ettal.
Description:
Handwritten caption on reverse.
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Benediktinerabtei Ettal (Germany), Kupfer, Angelus.
Topics:
Abbots--Germany--Ettal., Monasteries--Germany--Ettal., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Denazification--Germany--Ettal., Teachers--Training of--Germany., World War, 1939-1945--Germany., World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Church and education--Germany.
Geographic subjects:
Ettal (Germany), Germany (West)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360535
Title:
Reopens Catholic school.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: REOPENS CATHOLIC SCHOOL #C-4872 BERLIN -- Abbott Angelus Kupfer has received permission from occupation authorities to reopen Ettal Cloister, famous Bavarian monastery which the Hitler SS confiscated during the war. A picked faculty has been assembled to prepare students from established anti-Nazi families for the teaching profession--all part of the long-range de-Nazification policy now in effect in Germany. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-BER-BS-12A-6-C)
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Benediktinerabtei Ettal (Germany), Kupfer, Angelus.
Topics:
Abbots--Germany--Ettal., Monasteries--Germany--Ettal., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Denazification--Germany--Ettal., Teachers--Training of--Germany., World War, 1939-1945--Germany., World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Church and education--Germany.
Geographic subjects:
Ettal (Germany), Germany (West)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360534
Title:
The beautiful baroque church of Kloster Ettal.
Description:
Handwritten caption on reverse.
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Benediktinerabtei Ettal (Germany), Catholic Church--Buildings.
Topics:
Church buildings--Germany--Ettal., Monasteries--Germany--Ettal., Church architecture--Germany--Ettal., Architecture, Baroque--Germany--Ettal.
Geographic subjects:
Ettal (Germany), Germany (West)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360533
Title:
Reopened as German Catholic school.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: REOPENED AS GERMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOL #C-4870 BERLIN -- Famed Ettal Cloister, a magnificent Catholic monastery high in the Bavarian mountains founded in 1330 by Emperor Ludvig, has been reopened as a school to train teachers as part of the long range de-Nazification policy now in effect in Germany. Since 1905 the monastery fathers have devoted most of their time to the education of young boys but their work was interrupted when the Hitler SS confiscated the building and grounds at the outbreak of the war. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-BER-BS-12D-6-C)
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Benediktinerabtei Ettal (Germany), Catholic Church--Buildings.
Topics:
Church buildings--Germany--Ettal., Monasteries--Germany--Ettal., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Denazification--Germany--Ettal., Teachers--Training of--Germany., Church and education--Germany.
Geographic subjects:
Ettal (Germany), Germany (West), Ettal (Germany)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360532
Title:
Harmony in a German orphanage.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: HARMONY IN A GERMAN ORPHANAGE #C-4868 BERLIN -- Catholic nuns at a German orphanage, sisters of the Order of St. Joseph, gather in the courtyard for some instrumental diversion. Many religious workers such as these have accepted the monumental task of rededicating the lives of Germany’s “lost” youth to new ideals. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-BER-BS-12A-6-C)
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sisters of Saint Joseph.
Topics:
Nuns--Germany--Berlin., Musicians--Germany--Berlin., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Denazification--Germany--Ettal., Orphanages--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany), Germany (West)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360531
Title:
Reeducating Germany's youth.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: REEDUCATING GERMANY’S YOUTH #C-4867 BERLIN -- Catholic nuns are helping to reeducate German youth, as shown in this exclusive photo taken by a Religious News Service photographer in the American occupation zone. The school is located in a deserted brewery that stands on the grounds of a medieval castle. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (LK-BER-BS-12A-6-C)
Creator:
Kaskell, Lilo. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Nuns--Germany--Berlin., Church and education--Germany., Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany., Denazification--Germany--Ettal., Education--Germany--Berlin., Nuns as teachers--Germany--Berlin., Children--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany), Germany (West)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360530
Title:
May become cardinal.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: MAY BECOME CARDINAL #C-4864 ROME -- The Most Rev. Giuseppe Siri, appointed last May by Pope Pius XII as Archbishop of Genoa, may soon be nominated to fill one of the six vacancies in the Sacred College of Cardinals according to reports from informed Vatican circles. He was formerly Auxiliary Bishop to the late Pietro Cardinal Boetto and now occupies what has long been a cardinalitial see. During the war he became popularly known as the “soup bishop” because he personally distributed meals from hastily-erected “soup kitchens” to thousands of needy who suffered under the German occupation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (GF-ROME-BS-11D-6-C)
Creator:
Felici, G. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Siri, Giuseppe, 1906-1989.
Topics:
Bishops--Italy--Genoa., World War, 1939-1945--Italy., World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Italy.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy), Genoa (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360529

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