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:
Viewing maneuvers.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: J-45965 VIEWING MANEUVERS IN THE SINAI -- Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres (left) and Premier Yitzhak Rabin observe military exercises of an Israeli armored corps in the Sinai. The large-scale maneuvers, designed to test Israel’s military readiness, also involved a call-up of reserves by using code words broadcast over television and radio and from cruising police cars. The code words, such as “birthpangs,” “slaughtered chicken” and “Sampson and Delilah,” were also posted on billboards, and leaflets were dropped from aircraft over cities and beaches. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (A-TEL-8E-74-DS)
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Peres, Shimon, 1923-2016., Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995.
Topics:
Prime ministers--Israel., Cabinet officers--Israel., Military maneuvers--Egypt--Sinai., War games--Egypt--Sinai.
Geographic subjects:
Sinai (Egypt)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361218
Title:
Viewing from afar.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Peres, Shimon, 1923-2016., Rabin, Yitzhak, 1922-1995.
Topics:
Prime ministers--Israel., Cabinet officers--Israel., Military maneuvers--Egypt--Sinai., War games--Egypt--Sinai.
Geographic subjects:
Sinai (Egypt)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:361042
Title:
Churchmen in the news.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: CHURCHMEN IN THE NEWS Son of Abyssinian King is Last of Desert Hermit Monks By Religious News Service CAIRO -- The son of an Abyssinian king is the last of the hermit monks in the Egyptian desert. In a dirty cave swept only by desert gales Abd el Messieh (“Slave of Christ”) has lived alone for the past nine years, seeing other human beings only when he makes his weekly visit to the Baramous Monastery in Wadi Natron, a Coptic Christian institution, for his food and water. The cave in the desert marked the end of a 3,000 mile trail over which Abd el Messieh walked after his father had been killed in battle. His father, an Abyssinian Rass, or king, died in the Battle of Aduwa in 1896, when the Ethiopians scored a decisive victory over the invading Italians.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., al-Habashi, Abûnâ, Abd el-Messih.
Topics:
Hermits--Egypt--Natrun Valley., Monks--Egypt--Natrun Valley.
Geographic subjects:
Natrun Valley (Egypt)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359482
Title:
Pulpit of the Hanging Church.
Creator:
Wynn, Coy Wilton. (photographer), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hanging Church (Cairo, Egypt), Coptic Church.
Topics:
Church buildings--Egypt--Cairo., Coptic church buildings--Egypt--Cairo., Pulpits--Egypt--Cairo., Church architecture--Details.
Geographic subjects:
Miṣr al-Qadīmah (Cairo, Egypt)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358683
Title:
The Hanging Church exterior.
Creator:
Wynn, Coy Wilton. (photographer), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hanging Church (Cairo, Egypt), Coptic Church., Coptic Church--Buildings.
Topics:
Church buildings--Egypt--Cairo., Coptic church buildings--Egypt--Cairo.
Geographic subjects:
Miṣr al-Qadīmah (Cairo, Egypt), Miṣr al-Qadīmah (Cairo, Egypt)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358682
Title:
The Hanging Church interior.
Creator:
Wynn, Coy Wilton. (photographer), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hanging Church (Cairo, Egypt), Coptic Church.
Topics:
Church buildings--Egypt--Cairo., Coptic church buildings--Egypt--Cairo., Church architecture--Details.
Geographic subjects:
Miṣr al-Qadīmah (Cairo, Egypt)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358681
Title:
Administration building.
Creator:
Wynn, Coy Wilton. (photographer), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., American Mission Hospital (Asyūṭ, Egypt), United Presbyterian Church of North America. Egypt Mission., United Presbyterian Church of North America--Missions--Egypt--Asyūṭ.
Topics:
Hospital buildings--Egypt--Asyūṭ., Health facilities--Egypt--Asyūṭ., Missions, Medical--Egypt--Asyūṭ.
Geographic subjects:
Asyūṭ (Egypt), Asyūṭ (Egypt)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358645
Title:
Ancient Coptic Church threatened with split.
Creator:
Wynn, Coy Wilton. (author), Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hanging Church (Cairo, Egypt), Coptic Church.
Topics:
Church buildings--Egypt--Cairo., Christian sects--Egypt., Christian leadership--Coptic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Miṣr al-Qadīmah (Cairo, Egypt)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358588
Title:
Cardinal confers with Islamic leaders.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31955 CARDINAL CONFERS WITH ISLAMIC LEADERS CAIRO -- A happy occasion was the historic meeting of Franz Cardinal Koenig, Archbishop of Vienna, with top Islamic leaders in Cairo. Here, he is shown with Sheikh Ahmed Hassan el-Bakoury, director general of the Al Azhar University. On a five-day visit of Cairo as a guest of the government, the cardinal toured the university, the Islamic equivalent of the Vatican and also conferred with Grad Sheikh Hassan Mamoun, Islam’s supreme religious figure. The meeting marked the first time that a cardinal was received by the Grand Sheikh who is spiritual head of the more than 1,000-year-old university. Cardinal Koenig invited Sheikh Mamoun to visit Vienna give a series of lectures on Islam. He also proposed the possibility of establishing cultural exchanges between the Vatican and Al Azhar. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ME-CAR-12D-64-NAB)
Creator:
Middle East Features Service (Cairo, Egypt) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., König, Franz, 1905-2004., Catholic Church--Bishops., Jāmiʻat al-Azhar., Jāmiʻat al-Azhar--Faculty., El-Bakoory, Ahmed Hassan., Catholic Church--Relations--Islam.
Topics:
Bishops--Egypt--Cairo., Islam--Relations--Catholic Church., Universities and colleges--Egypt--Cairo.
Geographic subjects:
Cairo (Egypt)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356603
Title:
Cardinal confers with Islamic leaders.
Description:
Includes captions for other, unidentified photos.
Creator:
Middle East Features Service (Cairo, Egypt) (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., König, Franz, 1905-2004., Catholic Church--Bishops., Jāmiʻat al-Azhar., Jāmiʻat al-Azhar--Faculty., El-Bakoory, Ahmed Hassan., Catholic Church--Relations--Islam.
Topics:
Bishops--Egypt--Cairo., Islam--Relations--Catholic Church., Universities and colleges--Egypt--Cairo.
Geographic subjects:
Cairo (Egypt)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356439
Title:
8th century Christian church found.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31978 8TH CENTURY CHRISTIAN CHURCH FOUND CAIRO -- A Dutch archeological expedition has discovered these and other remains of an 8th Century Christian church a few miles north of the famous temples of Abou-Simbel in the Egyptian Nubia. Top photo shows a fresco depicting Christ and four Apostles--Mark, John, Luke and Matthew. Below is a view of the nave of the church which was of mud brick and covered about 100 feet by 75 feet. The aperture (right) leads to the sanctuary and an altar. The door (left) is the entrance to a side room, believed to have been the sacristry. [sic] In front of the door as some stairs to the pulpit. Other frescoes included scenes of the Nativity, Crucifixion, and archangels. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ME-12E-64-NAB)
Creator:
Middle East Features Service (Cairo, Egypt) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Buildings.
Topics:
Church architecture--History--To 1500., Archaeology and religion--Egypt--Aswān (Province), Church buildings--Egypt--Aswān (Province)
Geographic subjects:
Aswān (Egypt : Province), Aswān (Egypt : Province)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355920
Title:
8th century Christian church found.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31978 8TH CENTURY CHRISTIAN CHURCH FOUND CAIRO -- A Dutch archeological expedition has discovered these and other remains of an 8th Century Christian church a few miles north of the famous temples of Abou-Simbel in the Egyptian Nubia. Top photo shows a fresco depicting Christ and four Apostles--Mark, John, Luke and Matthew. Below is a view of the nave of the church which was of mud brick and covered about 100 feet by 75 feet. The aperture (right) leads to the sanctuary and an altar. The door (left) is the entrance to a side room, believed to have been the sacristry. [sic] In front of the door as some stairs to the pulpit. Other frescoes included scenes of the Nativity, Crucifixion, and archangels. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ME-12E-64-NAB)
Creator:
Middle East Features Service (Cairo, Egypt) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jesus Christ--Art., Mark, Saint--Art., Matthew, the Apostle, Saint--Art., Luke, Saint--Art., John, the Apostle, Saint--Art., Catholic Church--Buildings.
Topics:
Church architecture--History--To 1500., Archaeology and religion--Egypt--Aswān (Province), Church buildings--Egypt--Aswān (Province)
Geographic subjects:
Aswān (Egypt : Province), Aswān (Egypt : Province)--Buildings, structures, etc.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355919
Title:
Cardinal visits Islamic university.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31956 CARDINAL VISITS ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY CAIRO -- Franz Cardinal Koenig, Archbishop of Vienna, holds a press conference during his historic visit to the 1,000-year-old Al Azhar University in Cairo, the Islamic equivalent of the Vatican. To his right (partly hidden by newsmen) is Sheikh Ahmed Hassan el-Bakoury, director general of the university. The Catholic prelate was on a five-day visit of Cairo as a guest of the government. He conferred with Grand Sheikh Hassan Mamoun, Islam’s supreme religious figure, marking the first time that a Prince of the Church had been received by the spiritual head of the Al Azhar University. Cardinal Koenig was reported to have assured the Grand Sheikh that the Vatican Council’s draft declaration on the Jews had no political implications and was purely religious in character. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ME-CAR-12D-64-NAB)
Creator:
Middle East Features Service (Cairo, Egypt) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., König, Franz, 1905-2004., Catholic Church--Bishops., Jāmiʻat al-Azhar., Jāmiʻat al-Azhar--Faculty., El-Bakoory, Ahmed Hassan., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--Relations--Judaism., Catholic Church--Relations--Islam.
Topics:
Bishops--Egypt--Cairo., Islam--Relations--Catholic Church., Islam--Relations--Judaism., Universities and colleges--Egypt--Cairo.
Geographic subjects:
Cairo (Egypt)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355831
Title:
Cardinal visits Islamic university.
Description:
Includes captions for other, unidentified photos.
Creator:
Middle East Features Service (Cairo, Egypt) (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., König, Franz, 1905-2004., Catholic Church--Bishops., Jāmiʻat al-Azhar., Jāmiʻat al-Azhar--Faculty., El-Bakoory, Ahmed Hassan., Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano), Catholic Church--Relations--Judaism., Catholic Church--Relations--Islam.
Topics:
Bishops--Egypt--Cairo., Islam--Relations--Catholic Church., Islam--Relations--Judaism., Universities and colleges--Egypt--Cairo.
Geographic subjects:
Cairo (Egypt)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355683
Title:
8th century Christian church found.
Description:
Handwritten note in Arabic on reverse of images.
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Buildings.
Topics:
Church architecture--History--To 1500., Archaeology and religion--Egypt--Aswān (Province)
Geographic subjects:
Aswān (Egypt : Province)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355614
Title:
Makarios interrupts talks and goes to Church.
Creator:
Middle East Features Service (Cairo, Egypt) (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Bishops., Makarios III, Archbishop of Cyprus, 1913-1977.
Topics:
Prayer--Egypt--Alexandria., Worship., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Liturgy.
Geographic subjects:
Alexandria (Egypt), Cyprus--History--Cyprus Crisis, 1963.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349395
Title:
Archbishop Makarios in Egypt.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-31538 ARCHBISHOP MAKARIOS IN EGYPT ALEXANDRIA, Egypt -- Archbishop Makarios, President of Cyprus, is shown as he led prayers for the Cypriot people during a visit to the Greek Orthodox cathedral in Alexandria, Egypt. Visit followed his talks with President Nasser of the United Arab Republic in which he sought UAR support of Cyprus in its conflict with Turkey. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MEF-CAI-9A-64-W)
Creator:
Nagati, Zein. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Bishops., Makarios III, Archbishop of Cyprus, 1913-1977.
Topics:
Prayer--Egypt--Alexandria., Worship., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Liturgy.
Geographic subjects:
Alexandria (Egypt), Cyprus--History--Cyprus Crisis, 1963.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349206
Title:
Prayers for troubled Cyprus.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: EPO-31539 PRAYERS FOR TROUBLED CYPRUS ALEXANDRIA, Egypt -- Greek Orthodox Archbishop Makarios, President of Cyprus, leads prayers for the people of his troubled country at a service in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral at Alexandria, Egypt. Cathedral clergy attend him. In Egypt to request aid from President Nasser of the United Arab Republic in the conflict with Turkey, Archbishop Makarios was greeted enthusiastically by the local Cypriot and Greek communities. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (MEF-CAI-9A-64-W)
Creator:
Nagati, Zein. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados--Bishops., Makarios III, Archbishop of Cyprus, 1913-1977.
Topics:
Prayer--Egypt--Alexandria., Worship., Orthodox Eastern Church--Liturgy.
Geographic subjects:
Alexandria (Egypt), Cyprus--History--Cyprus Crisis, 1963.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349136
Title:
100 Muslim leaders from 70 nations hold congress.
Description:
Alternate captions for the compound photo.
Creator:
Nagati, Zein. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Jāmiʻat al-Azhar., Iniyās, Ibrāhīm, 1902-1975., Madi, Abdullah., el-Shafei, Hussein Mahmoud Hassan., el Bahia, Mohammed., Hoballah, Mahmoud F., Jāmiʻat al-Azhar--Faculty.
Topics:
Muslims--Egypt--Cairo., Universities and colleges--Egypt--Cairo., Muslim scholars--Egypt--Cairo., Congresses and conventions--Egypt--Cairo., Islamic countries--Relations--Islamic countries.
Geographic subjects:
Cairo (Egypt)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348645
Title:
World 'Vatican' of Muslims.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30843 WORLD ‘VATICAN’ OF MUSLIMS CAIRO -- The Al Azhar University in Cairo, more than 1,000 years old, is the Islamic “equivalent” of the Vatican in Rome for Muslims, who make up the world’s largest organized non-Christian religion. Housed in the university is the Higher Council for Islamic Studies which is conducting a massive revival of Islamic culture in Africa and elsewhere. The Council co-sponsored a month-long first Pan-Islamic Congress at the University attended by some 100 Muslim leaders from 70 countries. It consists of 17 Egyptian and eight foreign ulemas (religious). Bottom photo shows Muslims kneeling in prayer to Allah. Muslims are followers of Muhammed (570-632), who announced himself as the prophet of Allah. In Africa, it has been estimated that there are about 100 million Muslims, as compared with some 60 million Christians. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (UAR-4B-64-NAB)
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Muslims--Egypt--Cairo., Prayer--Egypt--Cairo., Muslim scholars--Egypt--Cairo., Congresses and conventions--Egypt--Cairo., Islamic countries--Relations--Islamic countries.
Geographic subjects:
Cairo (Egypt), Egypt--Religion--20th century., Egypt--Foreign relations--Saudi Arabia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348276

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