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:
Vietnamese prelates in Rome.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29930 VIETNAMESE PRELATES IN ROME ROME -- Prelates and priests from South Vietnam are shown as they arrived in Rome for the second session of the Second Vatican Council. Seven Vietnamese bishops were among the early arrivals. In a statement they said that one of the aims of the Council was to define the situation of the Church in the world. South Vietnam has been involved in a controversy in which Buddhists have charged persecution by the Diem government. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-RO-9D-63-W)
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano)
Topics:
Bishops--Italy--Rome., Freedom of religion--Vietnam (Republic), Buddhism--Relations--Catholic Church., Councils and synods--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy), Vietnam (Republic)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358071
Title:
"Pope of goodness."
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-29776 ‘POPE OF GOODNESS’ CASTEL GANDOLFO -- This marble bust of the late Pope John XXIII has been unveiled at the papal summer palace at Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Executed by sculptor Antonio Berti, the work is a gift from palace personnel. In blessing the bust, Pope Paul VI said he felt “spiritually linked” to his predecessor’s teachings and example. Pope John, he declared, “has passed into history as the Pope of Goodness.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-ROM-8E-63-RB)
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher), Berti, Antonio, 1904-1990. (sculptor)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., John XXIII, Pope, 1881-1963--Statues., Palazzo apostolico (Castel Gandolfo, Italy)
Topics:
Popes., Sculpture--Italy--Castel Gandolfo., Busts--Italy--Castel Gandolfo., Marble sculpture--Italy--Castel Gandolfo.
Geographic subjects:
Castel Gandolfo (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358043
Title:
Italian bagpipers?
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31920 ITALIAN BAGPIPERS? ROME -- Every Christmas many Italian “bagpipers,” called zampognari, converge on Rome to play Yuletide melodies for an appreciative audience. Here, in Rome Via Frattina, one of them teams up with a “Babbo Natale,” dressed in traditional custom. [sic] Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-12C-64-NAB)
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Bagpipe--Italy--Rome., Bagpipers--Italy--Rome., Christmas--Italy--Rome., Bagpipers--Social life and customs.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356592
Title:
Pope marks Marian feast.
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Popes., Christmas--Italy--Rome., Christmas trees--Italy--Rome., Feast of the Immaculate Conception--Italy--Rome.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356591
Title:
Off to India.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31887 OFF TO INDIA VATICAN CITY -- The start of an historic journey. Pope Paul VI waves goodbye as he leaves Vatican for Rome’s airport. The unprecedented 4,100-mile air pilgrimage to India saw him halt briefly at Beirut in Lebanon. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-NY-12A-64-W)
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., International Eucharistic Congress (38th : 1964 : Bombay, India)
Topics:
Popes., Papal visits--India--Mumbai., Eucharistic congresses--India--Mumbai.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City., Mumbai (India)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356578
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:
Vatican council, 3rd session.
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--Clergy.
Topics:
Councils and synods, Ecumenical.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356514
Title:
Fathers of Vatican Council.
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Traglia, Luigi., Rugambwa, Laurean., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Councils and synods, Ecumenical.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356513
Title:
Pope greets second Negro cardinal.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-32209 POPE GREETS SECOND NEGRO CARDINAL VATICAN CITY -- Paul Cardinal Zoungrana, Archbishop of Ouagadougou, Upper Volta in West Africa, receives a warm welcome from Pope Paul VI at the public consistory during which the Pontiff presented 26 new cardinals with their scarlet birettas. The ritual of conferring the Red Hat, or galero, best known insignia of a cardinal, was dispensed with for the first time in the streamlined consistory. Cardinal Zoungrana is the second Negro Prince of the Church. The first is Laurian Cardinal Rugambwa, Bishop of Bukoba, Tanzania. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ANS-3A-65-NAB)
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Catholic Church--Bishops., Zoungrana, Paul, 1917-2000.
Topics:
Popes., Bishops--Vatican City., Clergy, Black--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355883
Title:
Pope embraces Cardinal Beran.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-32208 POPE EMBRACES CARDINAL BERAN VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI has an affectionate embrace for Josef Cardinal Beran, Archbishop of Prague, as the liberated prelate approaches the papal throne to receive his scarlet biretta at a public consistory. The Czech archbishop was freed in time to attend the consistory after spending 14 years in prison and being virtually under house detention since October, 1963. He retains his title as Archbishop of Prague, but is expected to be assigned a Roman Curia post. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ANS-3A-65-NAB)
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Catholic Church--Bishops., Beran, Josef, 1888-1969.
Topics:
Popes., Bishops--Vatican City., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Czechoslovakia.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355882
Title:
Pope receives cardinal patriarchs.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-32207 POPE RECEIVES CARDINAL PATRIARCHS VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI receives three Eastern Rite patriarchs who were among the new cardinals created at a public consistory. One of the new Princes of the Church, Melkite Rite Patriarch Maximos IV Saigh of Antioch, reads a greeting to the Pope. The other two patriarchs were Stephen I Cardinal Sidarouss, Coptic Rite Patriarch of Alexandria; and Paul Peter Cardinal Meouchi, Maronite Rite Patriarch of Antioch. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ANS-3A-65-NAB)
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Maximos IV, Patriarch of Antioch, 1878-1967., Catholic Church. Patriarchate of Antioch (Melchite), Meouchi, Paul Boutros, Cardinal Patriarch of Antioch, 1894-1975., Catholic Church. Maronite Patriarchate of Antioch., Stéphanos I Sidarouss, Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria, 1904-1987., Kanīsah al-Qibṭīyah al-Kāthūlīkīyah., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Popes., Bishops--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355881
Title:
Archbishop of Canterbury.
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Ramsey, Michael, 1904-1988., London Airport (1946-1966), Ramsey, Joan., Church of England--Bishops.
Topics:
Pilgrims and pilgrimages--Northern Ireland--Belfast., Saint Patrick's Day--Northern Ireland--Belfast.
Geographic subjects:
London (England)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353767
Title:
Then--and now.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30587 THEN -- AND NOW VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI smiles as he inspects an ancient and ornate carriage used long ago by Popes of the past. Below, he looks over part of the fleet of modern cars which now serve the Vatican and its officials. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-RO-2B-64-W)
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Palace (Vatican City)
Topics:
Popes., Carriages and carts--Europe--Holy See., Transportation--History.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353717
Title:
Then--and now.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30587 THEN -- AND NOW VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI smiles as he inspects an ancient and ornate carriage used long ago by Popes of the past. Below, he looks over part of the fleet of modern cars which now serve the Vatican and its officials. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-RO-2B-64-W)
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Palace (Vatican City)
Topics:
Popes., Carriages and carts--Europe--Holy See., Transportation--History.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353716
Title:
A gift from the Pope.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30548 A GIFT FROM THE POPE VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI turns the leaves of a photocopy of a famous 16th century work containing 224 illustrations of the work of great Renaissance artists as he presents the gift to West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard. The occasion was an official audience to the German leader, who was accompanied by his wife and Foreign Minister Gerhard Schroeder. The Pope also gave Dr. Erhard gold and silver medals commemorating his recent Holy Land pilgrimage. To Mrs. Erhard he gave a rosary. The chancellor reciprocated by giving the pontiff a silver sacramental vessel studded with precious stones. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ANSA-ROME-IE-64-TFD)
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Erhard, Ludwig., Schröder, Gerhard, 1910-
Topics:
Popes., Art, Renaissance--Reproduction., Diplomatic gifts--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353708
Title:
Pope visits Italian president.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30474 POPE VISIT ITALIAN PRESIDENT ROME -- Pope Paul VI is shown responding to an address of welcome during a state call on Italian President Antonio Segni. He was the third pontiff to visit the head of state since the signing of the Lateran Treaty of 1929, which upheld the independence of Vatican City and provided an indemnity for the former Papal States. The first to end the Popes’ self-imposed Vatican confinement after the invasion of the papal territory in 1870 was Pius XII, who paid a state visit to the King of Italy in December, 1939. In May, 1963, Pope John XXIII visited President Segni in a private capacity. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-ROME-1-C-64-TFD)
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Catholic Church--Foreign relations--Italy., Segni, Antonio.
Topics:
Popes., Visits of state--Italy., Presidents--Italy.
Geographic subjects:
Rome (Italy)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352913
Title:
Pope distributes First Holy Communion.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31075 POPE DISTRIBUTES FIRST HOLY COMMUNION VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI distributes first Holy Communion to a group of children in the Sistine Chapel of the Apostolic Palace. The pontiff also administered Confirmation to 34 children, many of them physically handicapped, who attend the Don Gnocchi Institute in Rome. Before leaving the chapel, Pope Paul greeted each child and talked briefly with their parents or godparents. The Rome institute is named for Father Carlo Gnocchi of Milan who died in 1956 and willed his eyes to an 18-year-old-girl and a 12-year-old boy, both blind and in need of eye transplants. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ANSA-5E-64-NAB)
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Sistine Chapel (Vatican Palace, Vatican City), Fondazione Pro Juventute Don Carlo Gnocchi., Catholic Church--Liturgy.
Topics:
Popes., First communion--Catholic Church., Sacraments--Catholic Church., Mass.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:350121
Title:
St. Andrew relic returned to Orthodox.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31630 ST. ANDREW RELIC RETURNED TO ORTHODOX VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI sits before altar holding a gold reliquary containing the famed relic of St. Andrew the Apostle during ceremonies in St. Peter's Basilica before its return to the Orthodox Church in Greece. On either side of the pontiff are some of the 2, 300 Fathers of the Vatican Council who participated in the services. Flown to Greece, the relic -- skull of the Apostle -- was escorted by a delegation headed by Augustin Cardinal Bea, president of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity. On its arrival, the relic and its escorts received a warm welcome from Metropolitan Constantine of Patras, in whose diocesan cathedral the skull will be enshrined. After some 500 years in the St. Peter's grottoes, the relic was returned to the Orthodox by the Pope as a gesture of "brotherly love." Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-9E-64-NAB)
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--Relations--Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Topics:
Interdenominational cooperation., Reliquaries., Relics., Cultural property--Repatriation--Greece., Human remains (Archaeology)--Repatriation--Greece.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349129
Title:
At the 'Door of Death'
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31615 AT THE 'DOOR OF DEATH' VATICAN CITY -- Bishops from many parts of the world reflect before the "door of death" in St. Peter's Basilica. Dedicated by Pope Paul VI, it is the work of Giacomo Manzu, Bergamo sculptor. The two huge portals depict many phases of death, including those of several saints and the late Pope John XXIII. Panels illustrate the death and redemption of Christ and the final "sleep" of the Virgin Mary. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-RO-9D-64-W)
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano., Manzù, Giacomo, 1908-1991., John XXIII, Pope, 1881-1963., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Popes in art., Death--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Death in art., Christian art and symbolism--Vatican City., Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349124
Title:
High-ranking prelates at council.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31614 HIGH-RANKING PRELATES AT COUNCIL VATICAN CITY -- High-ranking prelates of the Church confer during a break in the meetings of the Ecumenical Council. Above, Eugene Cardinal Tisserant, French-born Dean of the College of Cardinals, left, is shown with Archbishop Josyf Slipyi, famed Ukrainian prelate released last year by the U.S.S.R. after long imprisonment. Below, Paul-Emile Cardinal Leger, Archbishop of Montreal, right, chats with Raul Cardinal Silva Henriquez, Archbishop of Santiago, Chile. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-RO-9D-64-W)
Creator:
ANSA (Organization) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Bishops., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Léger, Paul-Emile, 1904-1991., Silva Henríquez, Raúl, 1907-1999., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Montréal., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Santiago (Chile)
Topics:
Councils and synods, Ecumenical.
Geographic subjects:
Vatican City.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349123

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