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:
Communist theoretician addresses peace convocation.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-32170 COMMUNIST THEORETICIAN ADDRESSES PEACE CONVOCATION NEW YORK -- The Soviet people “would be most favorably disposed to any negotiations for peace,” a leading Communist theoretician told the international Pacem in Terris Convocation in New York. Addressing the more than 1,500 religious leaders, government figures and political and social scientists is Nicolai N. Inozemstev, theoretical adviser to the Central Committee of the Communist Party in the USSR and deputy chief editor of Pravda. The Russian people, he said, support the general tone of Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth), the last encyclical by the late Pope John XXIII and the convocation’s basic document. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BB-NY-2C-65-NBM)
Creator:
Braun, Bob. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., International Convocation on the Requirements of Peace (1965 : New York, N.Y.), United Nations., Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions., Johnson Foundation (Racine, Wis.), Inozemt︠s︡ev, N. N. (Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich), 1921-1982., T︠S︡K RKP(b)--Publishing.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Encyclicals, Papal., Diplomats--New York (State)--New York., Internationalism., Communism and international relations--New York (State)--New York., Communist countries--Foreign relations., Speeches, addresses, etc., Editors--Soviet Union.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Soviet Union--Foreign relations.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355948
Title:
Many countries represented at Pacem in Terris convocation.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-32168 MANY COUNTRIES REPRESENTED AT PACEM IN TERRIS CONVOCATION NEW YORK -- More than 1,500 religious leaders, noted government figures and political and social scientists from 15 countries, including Russia, took part in the international Pacem in Terris Convocation, held in New York to examine the requirements of peace. The meeting’s basic document was Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth), the last encyclical of the late Pope John XXIII. It was chosen for its importance not only to Catholics but to all men. The convocation was arranged by the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Santa Barbara, Cal., in association with the Johnson Foundation of Racine, Wis. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BB-NY-2C-65-NBM)
Creator:
Braun, Bob. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., International Convocation on the Requirements of Peace (1965 : New York, N.Y.), United Nations., Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions., Johnson Foundation (Racine, Wis.)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Encyclicals, Papal., Diplomats--New York (State)--New York., Internationalism., Communism and international relations--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355947
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Oceans apart, they are united by Pope's words.
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Text transcribed from caption: C-32178 OCEANS APART, THEY ARE UNITED BY POPE’S WORDS NEW YORK -- The writing of a man whom Vice President Hubert Humphrey called the “gentle, peasant Pope” brings together on a common platform the Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and the Governor of Maharashtra State, India. Pietro Nenni and Madam Vijaya Lakshmi, former President of the U.N. General Assembly, are shown in New York as they prepared to address a convocation on peace based on the encyclical, Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth), by the late Pope John XXIII. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BB-NY-2D-64-W)
Creator:
Braun, Bob. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., International Convocation on the Requirements of Peace (1965 : New York, N.Y.), United Nations., Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions., Johnson Foundation (Racine, Wis.), Nenni, Pietro, 1891-1980., Pandit, Vijaya Lakshmi, 1900-1990.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Encyclicals, Papal., Diplomats--New York (State)--New York., Internationalism., Politicians--Italy., Politicians--India., Women politicians--India.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355875
Title:
Nuns run the press room.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-32177 NUNS RUN THE PRESS ROOM NEW YORK -- Ladies of the press room wear habits in New York as the International Conference on Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth) begins. Nuns are shown as they passed out data, press releases, texts of speeches and information to 2,000 delegates who attended the conference based on Pope John’s encyclical. Statesmen from 15 nations -- including three so-called Iron Curtain countries -- participated in the convocation that marked the 20th anniversary of the United Nations. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BB-2D-64-W)
Creator:
Braun, Bob. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., International Convocation on the Requirements of Peace (1965 : New York, N.Y.), United Nations., Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions., Johnson Foundation (Racine, Wis.)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York., Encyclicals, Papal., Nuns--New York (State)--New York., Internationalism., Communism and international relations--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355874
Title:
Orthodox prelate calls on Pope.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CEPO-30517 ORTHODOX PRELATE CALLS ON POPE VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI autographs a collection of photographs of his Holy Land pilgrimage for presentation to an Eastern Orthodox prelate. Looking on are Metropolitan Athenagoras of Thyateira, left, who received the album, and Metropolitan Maximos of Laodicea. The visit was Metropolitan Athenagoras' second to the Vatican; he had conferred with the Pope last December when details were worked out for the pontiff's historic meeting with Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras, supreme leader of Eastern Orthodoxy. The Orthodoxy envoy told Pope Paul that he had been asked by the Patriarch to express his "joy and gratitude for the meeting in Jerusalem." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-RO-1D-64-W)
Creator:
Braun, Bob. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Orthodox Eastern Church--Bishops., Athenagoras, Metropolitan of Thyateira., Maximos, Metropolitan of Laodicea.
Topics:
Popes., Interdenominational cooperation., Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Palestine., Diplomatic gifts.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353769
Title:
Statue of Pope Pius XII unveiled.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30724 STATUE OF POPE PIUS XII UNVEILED VATICAN CITY -- A statue (left) to the memory of Pope Pius XII is unveiled in a ceremony at the Vatican. Pope Paul VI, seated at right, described Pius XII as a "wise and courageous pontiff." At center, Gregory Peter Cardinal Agagianian, head of the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, addresses the Pope. The statue was erected at the request of cardinals who received their Red Hats from Pope Pius XII. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-3B-64-W)
Creator:
Braun, Bob. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Aghachanean, Grigor Petros., Catholic Church. Congregatio de Propaganda Fide.
Topics:
Popes., Sculpture--Vatican City., Dedication services--Vatican City., Christian art and symbolism--Vatican City., Monuments--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353752
Title:
In memory of Belgian martyred priests.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30598 IN MEMORY OF BELGIAN MARTYRED PRIESTS NEW YORK -- Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, speaks to bereaved members of the Oblates of Mary at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Three Belgian priests of the order were slain at Kwilu Province in the Congo recently when anti-government guerillas attacked Christian missions. Members of the order attended a Solemn Pontifical Mass offered by Cardinal Spellman for the souls of the three priests. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BB-NY-2B-64-W)
Creator:
Braun, Bob. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.), Catholic Church--Bishops., Oblates of Mary Immaculate., St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York, N.Y.), Catholic Church--Clergy., Catholic Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Topics:
Bereavement--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Priests--Belgium--Brussels., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Martyrs--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Memorial service., Missionaries--Violence against--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Kwilu (Congo : Sub-Region)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353718
Title:
"Jim Crow can't teach democracy"
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Braun, Bob. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Topics:
Boycotts--New York (State)--New York., Racial justice in education--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights demonstrations--New York (State)--New York., Student movements--New York (State)--New York., African American students--New York (State)--New York., Civil rights movements--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Harlem (New York, N.Y.), New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353600
Title:
Patriarch Alexei greets WCC executives.
Creator:
Braun, Bob. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Aleksiĭ, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, 1877-1970., Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Bishops., World Council of Churches., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., Lutheran Church in America--Clergy., Nikodim, Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod, 1929-1978.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Russia--Moscow., Interdenominational cooperation--Russia., Ecumenical movement--Russia.
Geographic subjects:
Moscow (Russia)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353569
Title:
Pope with Orthodoxes.
Creator:
Braun, Bob. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Orthodox Eastern Church--Bishops., Athenagoras, Metropolitan of Thyateira., Maximos, Metropolitan of Laodicea.
Topics:
Popes., Interdenominational cooperation., Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Palestine., Diplomatic gifts.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353565
Title:
Tis the season…'
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30370 ‘TIS THE SEASON…’ NEW YORK -- Francis Cardinal Spellman is engulfed by youngsters and their nurses at his annual Christmas party for infants at the New York Foundling Hospital and for foster children under the hospital’s jurisdiction. During the three-hour party, the cardinal greeted 2,000 guests and 175 children. Each guest paid a $25 admission, which pays for the care of one foundling for five days. A highlight of the party was the appearance of Santa Claus, who distributed gifts to the great delight of the young ones. Cardinal Spellman has announced he will spend Christmas this year with military personnel in Antarctica. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BB-NY-12B-63-RB)
Creator:
Braun, Bob. (photographer), Braun Photo Service (New York, N.Y.) (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967., Catholic Church--Bishops., New York Foundling Hospital., Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Bishops--New York (State)--New York., Christmas--New York (State)--New York., Foundlings--New York (State)--New York., Church work with children--Catholic Church., Church work with children--New York (State)--New York., Fund raising--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352892
Title:
Cardinal's efforts for Israel disclosed.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31005 CARDINAL’S EFFORTS FOR ISRAEL DISCLOSED NEW YORK -- For the first time it was revealed that Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York (left), had a part in the admission of Israel to the United Nations in 1949. The disclosure was made by Charles H. Silver, president of Beth Israel Hospital (right), in introducing the cardinal at the hospital’s 75th anniversary dinner. With them is Mayor Robert F. Wagner. Mr. Silver reported that Cardinal Spellman contacted a number of South American countries in support of Israel’s entry into the U. N. These contacts, Mr. Silver said, were instrumental in the General Assembly approving the new nation’s membership. He added that the prelate’s assistance made “one of the most amazing stories of brotherhood and fellowship among men of good will.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BB-NY-5C-64-NAB)
Creator:
Braun, Bob. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.), Silver, Charles H., Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand), 1910-1991., Beth Israel Hospital (New York, N.Y.)--Anniversaries, etc., United Nations--Membership., Catholic Church--Foreign relations--Israel., United Nations., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Bishops--New York (State)--New York., Mayors--New York (State)--New York., Hospital trustees--New York (State)--New York., Jewish hospitals--New York (State)--New York., Diplomacy--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Zionism--History--Israel--20th century., Catholic Church and Zionism.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), Israel--History--1948-1967.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348362
Title:
Pieta's safe arrival.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30877 PIETA’S SAFE ARRIVAL NEW YORK -- Pieta, the Michelangelo masterpiece depicting the dead Christ lying in the arms of Mary, arrives safely in New York after its long and, thankfully, uneventful trip from Vatican City. Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, who secured the permission of the late Pop John XXIII to bring the statue to the U.S., is shown at right after he had blessed the Pieta aboard a barge in the harbor. Pope Paul VI also approved the cardinal’s request. Bound for the World’s Fair where an estimated 15 million people will view it at the Vatican Pavilion, the masterpiece was insured for $6 million while in transit. Another statue, “The Good Shepherd,” also brought from Vatican City, was insured for $2 million. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BB-NY-4C-64-W)
Creator:
Braun, Bob. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Spellman, Francis, 1887-1967., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., New York World’s Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.)
Topics:
Arts and diplomacy--Vatican City., Pietà., Delivery of goods--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.), New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348353
Title:
Catholic broadcasters present awards.
Description:
Auxiliary Bishop John A. Donovan of Detroit, episcopal moderator of the Catholic Broadcasters Association, presents the group's Gabriel Awards at its annual meeting in New York.
Creator:
Braun, Bob. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Broadcasters Association., Donovan, John A., American Broadcasting Company., Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (New York, N.Y.), Stanly, Edward., Allen, Robert.
Topics:
Television programs--Religious aspects--Christianity., Religious broadcasting--Christianity., Awards--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151506
Title:
At World Catholic Press Congress.
Description:
Three principals at the Seventh World Congress of the Catholic Press in New York are shown between sessions.
Creator:
Braun, Bob. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Press Association., Gabel, Emile, 1908-1968., Manzini, Raimondo, -1901., Peters, Robert G.
Topics:
Catholic press--New York (State)--New York., Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151311
Title:
At World Catholic Press Congress.
Description:
Father Albert J. Nevins, M.M., served as general chairman of the Seventh World Congress of the Catholic Press in New York.
Creator:
Braun, Bob. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Press Association., Nevins, Albert J., 1915-1997., Hoyt, Robert., Granados, Alejandro.
Topics:
Catholic press--New York (State)--New York., Congresses and conventions--New York (State)--New York.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:151299

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