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:
Schoolday in Africa.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Methodist Church (U.S.)--Missions--Angola--Malanje Province.
Topics:
Missions--Angola--Malanje Province., Missions--Educational work--Angola--Malanje Province., Arithmetic--Study of teaching--Angola--Malanje Province., Students--Angola--Malanje Province.
Geographic subjects:
Angola.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:358574
Title:
Rwanda refugees resettled by Lutheran agency.
Creator:
National Lutheran Council. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Lutheran World Federation., Christian Council of Tanzania., World Council of Churches.
Topics:
Refugees--Rwanda., Church work with refugees--Tanzania--Urambo District., Tutsi (African people)--Tanzania--Urambo District., Civil war--Rwanda., Women refugees--Rwanda., Refugees--Housing--Tanzania--Urambo District.
Geographic subjects:
Urambo District (Tanzania)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356444
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:
Breaks down one apartheid practice.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mgudlandlu, Gladys (Gladys Nomfanekiso), 1917-1979.
Topics:
Artists--South Africa--Johannesburg., Women artists--South Africa--Johannesburg., Artists, Black--South Africa--Johannesburg., Painters--South Africa--Johannesburg., Women painters--South Africa--Johannesburg., Segregation--South Africa--Johannesburg., Apartheid--South Africa--Johannesburg.
Geographic subjects:
Johannesburg (South Africa)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356377
Title:
Sentenced to be shot.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Carlson, Paul--Death and burial., Carlson, Paul., Littleford, Philip., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Topics:
Physicians--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic), Capital punishment--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Congo (Democratic Republic), Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--Civil War, 1960-1965.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356371
Title:
Congo medical missionary reported dead.
Creator:
Smith, Kline & French Laboratories. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964--Death and burial., Carlson, Paul, 1928-1964., Evangelical Covenant Church of America--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic), Carlson, Lois Lindblom., Carlson, Wayne., Carlson, Lynette., LeVahn, Joann., Littleford, Philip.
Topics:
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa., Missions, Medical--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa.
Geographic subjects:
Kinshasa (Congo), Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--Civil War, 1960-1965.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:356290
Title:
WCC General Secretary opens Central Committee meeting.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Visser’t Hooft, W. M. (Willem M.), Niemöller, Martin, 1892-1984., Ibiam, Akanu., Fry, Franklin Clark, 1900-1968., Ramsey, Michael, 1904-1988., Church of England--Bishops., Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America., Iakovos, Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America., Parlin, Charles C. (Charles Coolidge), 1898-, Lutheran Church in America--Clergy., Payne, Ernest A. (Ernest Alexander), 1902-1980., Baptist Union of Great Britain and Ireland--Clergy., Evangelische Kirche in Hessen und Nassau--Clergy., Hotel Presidential Limited (Enugu, Nigeria)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Nigeria--Enugu., Clergy--Nigeria--Enugu., Ecumenical movement--Nigeria--Enugu.
Geographic subjects:
Enugu (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355774
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:
World Council of Churches photo.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Hotel Presidential Limited (Enugu, Nigeria), World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service., All Africa Conference of Churches., World Conference on Church and Society (1966 : Geneva, Switzerland), Aluko, S. A., University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus--Faculty., Abrecht, Paul., Adegbọla, E. A. Ade., Immanuel College of Theology and Christian Education, Ibadan--Faculty., Methodist Church Nigeria--Clergy., Ige, Bola.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Nigeria--Enugu., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Africa., Revolutions--Africa., National liberation movements--Africa., Revolutions--Religious aspects--Christianity., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Church and social problems.
Geographic subjects:
Enugu (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355670
Title:
Slain by Congolese rebels.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Wittebols, Joseph, 1912-1964., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topics:
Bishops--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé., Massacres--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé., Colonies--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Violent deaths--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé.
Geographic subjects:
Haut-Uélé (Congo)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355664
Title:
Church and society conference discussed.
Creator:
World Council of Churches. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., World Council of Churches., World Council of Churches--Congresses., Hotel Presidential Limited (Enugu, Nigeria), World Council of Churches. Division of Inter-Church Aid, Refugee, and World Service., All Africa Conference of Churches., World Conference on Church and Society (1966 : Geneva, Switzerland), Aluko, S. A., University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus--Faculty., Abrecht, Paul., Adegbọla, E. A. Ade., Immanuel College of Theology and Christian Education, Ibadan--Faculty., Methodist Church Nigeria--Clergy., Ige, Bola.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Nigeria--Enugu., Race relations--Religious aspects--Christianity., Race relations--Africa., Revolutions--Africa., National liberation movements--Africa., Revolutions--Religious aspects--Christianity., Congresses and conventions--Switzerland--Geneva., Church and social problems.
Geographic subjects:
Enugu (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:355642
Title:
Saved from Congo terrorists.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Hege, Ruth B., Baptist Mid-missions (Organization)
Topics:
Terrorism--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Lay missionaries--Baptists., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Interviews--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kinshasa., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Geographic subjects:
Kinshasa (Congo)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353649
Title:
Cotton pickin' padre.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Wymes, John F., Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America., Catholic Church--Missions--Tanzania--Musoma.
Topics:
Cotton picking--Tanzania--Musoma., Missionaries--Tanzania--Musoma., Families--Tanzania--Musoma.
Geographic subjects:
Musoma (Tanzania)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353639
Title:
Capetown's Archbishop to retire.
Description:
Caption written when photo was re-issued in 1973.
Creator:
Protestant Church Life. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Taylor, Robert Selby, 1909-1995., Church of England--Bishops., Church of the Province of South Africa. Diocese of Cape Town., Church of the Province of South Africa. Diocese of Pretoria.
Topics:
Bishops--Retirement., Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Cape Town., Civil rights workers--South Africa--Cape Town.
Geographic subjects:
Cape Town (South Africa)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353637
Title:
Refugees from leftist rebellion.
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Topics:
Evacuation of civilians--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Kinshasa (Congo)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353633
Title:
Serving in Congo.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Religious News Service. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Baptist Mid-missions (Organization), Grings, Winifred., Grings, Robert., Grings, Becky., Grings, Danny., Grings, Ruth Ann.
Topics:
Terrorism--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Lay missionaries--Baptists., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Martyrs--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Children of murder victims--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353624
Title:
Flee Kwilu.
Creator:
Yapp, H.J. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Topics:
Evacuation of civilians--Congo (Democratic Republic), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Geographic subjects:
Kinshasa (Congo)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353606
Title:
Sudan Interior Mission launches magazine.
Creator:
Meeker, David. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sudan Interior Mission., Davis, Raymond J., Maigari, Gin., Evangelical Churches of West Africa., Joly, G., Esua, E.E., Nigeria Union of Teachers.
Topics:
Periodicals--Publishing--Nigeria--Lagos., Religious literature--Publishing--Nigeria--Lagos., Publishers and publishing--Nigeria--Lagos., African literature (French), Missions--Interdenominational cooperation.
Geographic subjects:
Lagos (Nigeria)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353558
Title:
Mug shot.
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Taylor, Robert Selby, 1909-1995., Church of England--Bishops., Church of the Province of South Africa. Diocese of Cape Town., Church of the Province of South Africa. Diocese of Pretoria.
Topics:
Bishops--Appointment, call, and election., Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Cape Town., Civil rights workers--South Africa--Cape Town.
Geographic subjects:
Cape Town (South Africa)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353476
Title:
Capetown's Archbishop to retire; Opposed Apartheid system.
Description:
Caption written when photo was re-issued in 1973.
Creator:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Taylor, Robert Selby, 1909-1995., Church of England--Bishops., Church of the Province of South Africa. Diocese of Cape Town., Church of the Province of South Africa. Diocese of Pretoria.
Topics:
Bishops--Retirement., Anti-apartheid activists--South Africa--Cape Town., Civil rights workers--South Africa--Cape Town.
Geographic subjects:
Cape Town (South Africa)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:353469

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