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:
Laymen's group dedicates headquarters.
Creator:
Robinson, Jane W. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Navigators (Religious organization), Glen Eyrie (Colo.)
Topics:
Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs., Interdenominational cooperation., Rites and ceremonies--Colorado--Colorado Springs.
Geographic subjects:
Colorado Springs (Colo.), Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358087
Title:
Cutlines.
Creator:
Robinson, Jane W. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Navigators (Religious organization), Glen Eyrie (Colo.)
Topics:
Parks--Colorado--Colorado Springs., Interdenominational cooperation., Rites and ceremonies--Colorado--Colorado Springs.
Geographic subjects:
Colorado Springs (Colo.), Garden of the Gods (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357750
Title:
For the promotion of better racial understanding.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #80 FOR THE PROMOTION OF BETTER RACIAL UNDERSTANDING Rutland, Vt…Some of the boys and girls from New York's Harlem section who spent two weeks vacation here as guests of a group organized to promote better racial understanding under the direction of the Reverend A. Ritchie Low of Johnson, Vt., and the sponsorship of the Vermont Church Council. The children are shown on the steps of the train waving good-bye. In the background is the Rev. Frank W. Grippin, pastor of the Methodist Church in Rutland, and president of the Vermont Church Council. Credit Line Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Low, Alvah Ritchie., Vermont Church Council., Grippin, Frank W., United Methodist Church (Rutland, Vt.)
Topics:
Church work with African American youth--Vermont--Rutland., African American children--Vermont--Rutland., Children--Vermont--Rutland., Race relations--Religious aspects.--Christianity., Church work with children--Vermont--Rutland., Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects:
Rutland (Vt.), Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357651
Title:
Heads of the Swedish and Danish Lutheran Church.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #39 HEADS OF THE SWEDISH AND DANISH LUTHERAN CHURCH An usually fine photograph of Bishop Erling Eidem (left), Primate of the Swedish Lutheran Church, with Archbishop Fuglsang-Damgaard (right), the Primate of the Danish Lutheran Church.
Creator:
Ollen. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Eidem, Erling, 1880-1972., Svenska kyrkan--Bishops., Fuglsang-Damgaard, Hans, 1890-1979., Danske folkekirke--Bishops.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation., Lutheran Church--Clergy., Bishops--Denmark., Bishops--Sweden.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357553
Title:
Nordic prelates.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #37 NORDIC PRELATES The four Nordic prelates. Left to right: Fuglsang-Damgaard, Lehtonen (Finland), Berggrav, Eidem.
Creator:
Ollen. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Fuglsang-Damgaard, Hans, 1890-1979., Danske folkekirke--Bishops., Lehtonen, Aleksi, 1891-1951., Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko--Bishops., Berggrav, Eivind, 1884-1959., Norske kirke--Bishops., Eidem, Erling, 1880-1972., Svenska kyrkan--Bishops.
Topics:
Christian leadership--Scandinavia., Interdenominational cooperation.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357551
Title:
The oak tree where John and Charles Wesley preached their faith to the settlers, over two hundred years ago.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #09 THE OAK TREE WHERE JOHN AND CHARLES WESLEY PREACHED THEIR FAITH TO THE SETTLERS, OVER TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO St. Simons Island, Ga...More than two centuries ago, John and his brother Charles Wesley preached their faith to the settlers beneath the branches of this oak tree. Here in the shade of the same tree, we see members of the Naval Air Station located on the island attending an INTERFAITH service, conducted by Navy Chaplain Lt. (jg) E.L. Allen, singing the hymns written by Charles Wesley, before the birth of the United States of America. CREDIT SHOULD READ: Official U.S. Navy Photo from Religious News Service.
Creator:
United States. Navy. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Wesley, John, 1703-1791., Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Allen, E.L., United States. Navy., U.S. Naval Air Station (Saint Simons Island, Ga.)
Topics:
Military chaplains--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Hymns--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Interfaith worship--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Interdenominational cooperation., Public worship--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Air bases--Georgia--Saint Simons Island.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Simons Island (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357533
Title:
The oak tree where John and Charles Wesley preached their faith to the settlers, over two hundred years ago.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #09 THE OAK TREE WHERE JOHN AND CHARLES WESLEY PREACHED THEIR FAITH TO THE SETTLERS, OVER TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO St. Simons Island, Ga...More than two centuries ago, John and his brother Charles Wesley preached their faith to the settlers beneath the branches of this oak tree. Here in the shade of the same tree, we see members of the Naval Air Station located on the island attending an INTERFAITH service, conducted by Navy Chaplain Lt. (jg) E.L. Allen, singing the hymns written by Charles Wesley, before the birth of the United States of America. CREDIT SHOULD READ: Official U.S. Navy Photo from Religious News Service.
Creator:
United States. Navy. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Wesley, John, 1703-1791., Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Clergy., Allen, E.L., United States. Navy., U.S. Naval Air Station (Saint Simons Island, Ga.)
Topics:
Military chaplains--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Hymns--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Interfaith worship--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Interdenominational cooperation., Public worship--Georgia--Saint Simons Island., Air bases--Georgia--Saint Simons Island.
Geographic subjects:
Saint Simons Island (Ga.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357532
Title:
Russian patriarch tours World Council headquarters.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PCO-31643 RUSSIAN PATRIARCH TOURS WORLD COUNCIL HEADQUARTERS GENEVA -- Patriarch Alexei of Moscow (center), head of the Russian Orthodox Church, is shown as he visited the World Council of Churches headquarters at Geneva. Dr. W.A. Visser ‘t Hooft (far right), general secretary of the WCC, honored the Patriarch and his party at a private luncheon, lauding the Russian Church for the “fidelity and perseverance which characterize the life of so many Russian Orthodox Christians.” The 87-year-old Patriarch, en route to a visit with the Archbishop of Canterbury in England, was accompanied by Metropolitan Nicodim, head of the Moscow Patriarchate’s foreign affairs department (right, in white headpiece) and other clergy. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-G-9E-64-MH)
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Aleksiĭ II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, 1929-2008., Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Bishops., World Council of Churches., Visser ’t Hooft, Willem Adolph, 1900-1985., Nikodim, Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod, 1929-1978.
Topics:
Meetings--Switzerland--Geneva., Reception (Ecumenical relations)--Switzerland--Geneva., Interdenominational cooperation., Ecumenical movement.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356697
Title:
Patriarch visits WCC leader.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PCO-31642 PATRIARCH VISITS WCC LEADER GENEVA -- Patriarch Alexei of the Russian Orthodox Church calls on Dr. W.A. Visser ‘t Hooft, general secretary of the World Council of Churches, at Geneva. Dr. Visser ‘t Hooft paid tribute to the Patriarch for bringing to Churches of East and West “a true dialogue in which each learns from the other for mutual enrichment.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (2-9E-64-W)
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Aleksiĭ II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, 1929-2008., Visser ’t Hooft, Willem Adolph, 1900-1985., World Council of Churches., Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Bishops.
Topics:
Meetings--Switzerland--Geneva., Reception (Ecumenical relations)--Switzerland--Geneva., Interdenominational cooperation., Ecumenical movement.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356696
Title:
Relic returned to Greek diocese.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PCO-31641 RELIC RETURNED TO GREEK DIOCESE PATRAS, Greece -- A famed relic, long held at the Vatican, is returned to the Greek Orthodox Diocese of Patras in Greece. Augustin Cardinal Bea, president of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, is shown as he delivered a message from Pope Paul VI: “For centuries we have lived like strangers, whereas a common Baptism made us all the children of God. May this day mark the beginning of a road which, with God’s help, lead us to the day when our Churches can be reunited.” The relic -- the skull of St. Andrew, the Greek diocese’s patron saint -- was returned following conversations between Pope Paul and Metropolitan Constantine of Patras in the Holy Land. The bearded metropolitan stands beside Cardinal Bea. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (C-ATH-9E-64-W)
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Bea, Augustin, 1881-1968., Catholic Church. Pontificium Consilium ad Christianorum Unitatem Fovendam., Catholic Church--Bishops., Papastephanou, Constantine, Metropolitan of Baghdad and Kuwait., Orthodox Eastern Church--Bishops., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Relations--Catholic Church., Catholic Church--Relations--Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation., Reliquaries., Relics., Cultural property--Repatriation--Greece., Human remains (Archaeology)--Repatriation--Greece.
Geographic subjects:
Patra (Greece)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356695
Title:
Methodist observers at council.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31689 METHODIST OBSERVERS AT COUNCIL VATICAN CITY -- These two American churchmen are among eight delegate-observers for the World Methodist Council serving on a rotating basis. Shown are Dean Robert E. Cushman of Duke University Divinity School, Durham, N.C. (left); and Dean Walter G. Muelder of Boston School of Theology. The World Methodist Council’s representatives include one British clergyman and five other American Methodist leaders. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-10B-64-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Methodist Council., Cushman, Robert Earl., Duke University. Divinity School--Faculty., Muelder, Walter George, 1907-, Boston University. School of Theology--Faculty., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--Relations--Methodist Church (U.S.), Methodist Church (U.S.)--Relations--Catholic Church.
Topics:
Councils and synods, Ecumenical., Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356665
Title:
Coptic and Orthodox council observers.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CEPO-31690 COPTIC AND ORTHODOX COUNCIL OBSERVERS VATICAN CITY -- Two delegate-observers at the Vatican Council’s third session await the opening of a general congregation in St. Peter’s Basilica. They are Dr. Teodoro Moriones, a professor, representing the Patriarchate of Alexandria of the Coptic Church of Egypt (left); and Archimandrite Andre Scrima of Paris, representative of the Greek Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, Turkey. The Egyptian Coptic Church also had observers at the Council last year, while the Ecumenical Patriarchate sent delegates for the first time at the current session. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-10B-64-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano., Moriones, Teodoro., Coptic Church--Clergy., Scrima, André, 1925-2000., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Bishops., Catholic Church--Relations--Coptic Church., Catholic Church--Relations--Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Relations--Catholic Church., Coptic Church--Relations--Catholic Church.
Topics:
Councils and synods, Ecumenical., Popes., Interdenominational cooperation., Ecumenical movement.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356604
Title:
Prominent non-Catholic visitors.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption on reverse: C-31881 The Papal Legate Cardinal Agagianian reads his address after the inauguration ceremony, from his high throne at the altar of the Eucharist Congress.
Creator:
Cirrus News Pictures and Feature Agency Bombay (India) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., International Eucharistic Congress., Catholic Church--Congresses., Catholic Church--Bishops., Aghachanean, Grigor Petros.
Topics:
Papal legates., Congresses and conventions--India--Bombay., Interdenominational cooperation., Papal visits--India--Bombay.
Geographic subjects:
Bombay (India)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356576
Title:
Prominent non-Catholic visitors.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption on reverse: C-31881 PROMINENT NON-CATHOLIC VISITORS:- Among the prominent non-Catholic persons present at the XXXVIIIth Eucharistic Congress were (L to right) Dr. B.P. Divgi, the Mayor of Bombay, Mr. D.S. Desai, Home Minister, Bombay State, Dr. P.V. Cherian, Governor of Bombay State, Dr. Zakir Hussein, Vice-President of India and Valerian Cardinal Gracias.
Creator:
Cirrus News Pictures and Feature Agency Bombay (India) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., International Eucharistic Congress., Catholic Church--Congresses., Catholic Church--Bishops., Divgi, B.P., Desai, Daulatrao Shripatrao., Cherian, Palathinkal Varkey., Husain, Zakir, 1897-1969., Gracias, Valerian, 1900-1978.
Topics:
Mayors--India., Governors--India., Vice-presidents--India., Diplomatic and consular service--India., Congresses and conventions--India--Bombay., Interdenominational cooperation., Papal visits--India--Bombay.
Geographic subjects:
Bombay (India)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356575
Title:
Methodist cover story.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31702 METHODIST COVER STORY The new format of the Michigan Christian Advocate, introduced in its Oct. 8 issue, featured a cover photograph of Pope Paul VI’s meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., U.S. Baptist minister and integration leader. Official newsmagazine for Methodists in Michigan and now in its 90th year, the Advocate is one of many influential Protestant publications whose news columns are ecumenical in the sense that all phases of Christian work, Protestant and Catholic, are covered. In this picture, the Pope and Dr. King are flanked by Msgr. Paul C. Marcinkus of Chicago and the Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy of Atlanta, Ga. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (FRE-NY-10C-64-W)
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Marcinkus, Paul Casimir, 1922-2006., Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990., King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968., Southern Christian Leadership Conference., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Chicago (Ill.)
Topics:
Baptists--Clergy., Magazine covers--Michigan., Interdenominational cooperation., Ecumenical movement., African American civil rights workers--United States., Civil rights workers--United States., Popes., Periodicals--Publishing--Michigan.
Geographic subjects:
Michigan.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356529
Title:
Pope receives Greek Orthodox prelate.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31647 POPE RECEIVES GREEK ORTHODOX PRELATE VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI receives Vicar General Jeroteos Tsantilis of the Orthodox Diocese of Patras, Greece, who was one of three Greek prelates representing the diocese at ceremonies for the famed relic of St. Andrew. The Greek prelates came to the Vatican to escort -- in company with a Vatican delegation -- the relic on its flight to Patras. Return of the relic after more than 500 years in the grottoes of St. Peter’s Basilica, where it had been brought from Patras for safe-keeping during a Turkish invasion, was decided upon by the Pope as a gesture of “brotherly love.” On its arrival in Greece, the relic -- skull of the Apostle -- was handed to Metropolitan Constantine of Patras by Augustin Cardinal Bea, president of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, who headed the Vatican delegation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-9E-64-NAB)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Tsantilis, Jeroteos, Vicar General of the Orthodox Diocese of Patras.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation., Reliquaries., Relics., Cultural property--Repatriation--Greece., Human remains (Archaeology)--Repatriation--Greece., Popes.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356518
Title:
Patriarch visits WCC leader.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Aleksiĭ II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, 1929-2008., Visser ’t Hooft, Willem Adolph, 1900-1985., World Council of Churches., Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Bishops.
Topics:
Meetings--Switzerland--Geneva., Reception (Ecumenical relations)--Switzerland--Geneva., Interdenominational cooperation., Ecumenical movement.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356454
Title:
Non-Catholic observers to ecumenical council.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano., Moriones, Teodoro., Coptic Church--Clergy., Scrima, André, 1925-2000., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Bishops., Catholic Church--Relations--Coptic Church., Catholic Church--Relations--Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Relations--Catholic Church., Coptic Church--Relations--Catholic Church.
Topics:
Councils and synods, Ecumenical., Popes., Interdenominational cooperation., Ecumenical movement.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356424
Title:
Non-Catholic observers to ecumenical council.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Torrisi, Mario. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Methodist Council., Cushman, Robert Earl., Duke University. Divinity School--Faculty., Muelder, Walter George, 1907-, Boston University. School of Theology--Faculty., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--Relations--Methodist Church (U.S.), Methodist Church (U.S.)--Relations--Catholic Church.
Topics:
Councils and synods, Ecumenical., Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356274
Title:
Russian Orthodox Patriarch will visit World Council of Churches.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Aleksiĭ II, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, 1929-2008., Visser ’t Hooft, Willem Adolph, 1900-1985., World Council of Churches., Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Bishops.
Topics:
Meetings--Switzerland--Geneva., Reception (Ecumenical relations)--Switzerland--Geneva., Interdenominational cooperation., Ecumenical movement.
Geographic subjects:
Geneva (Switzerland)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356262

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