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:
The manger unites Catholic and Protestants.
Description:
Handwritten caption on reverse by contributor E.E. Tucker.
Creator:
Tucker, E. E. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Christmas--Germany--Berlin., Children--Germany--Berlin., Interdenominational cooperation--Germany--Berlin., Christmas pageants --Germany--Berlin., World War, 1939-1945--Germany.
Geographic subjects:
Pankow (Berlin, Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357449
Title:
The manger unites Catholic and Protestants.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: THE MANGER UNITES CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANTS S 1439 BERLIN -- Catholic and Protestant children participated in the Kripenspiel, or Manger Pageant, at Hope Church in Pankow, a borough in the Russian sector of this city. All the Catholic and Protestant churches of Pankow cooperated on the production. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EET-BER-MES-1-6-W)
Creator:
Jacobson-Sonnenfeld (Berlin, Germany) (publisher), Tucker, E.E. (contributor)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Christmas--Germany--Berlin., Children--Germany--Berlin., Interdenominational cooperation--Germany--Berlin., Christmas pageants --Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Pankow (Berlin, Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:357448
Title:
Christmas visitors to cross red wall.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: PC-30381 CHRISTMAS VISITORS TO CROSS RED WALL BERLIN -- Berlin was a divided city of light and darkness on Christmas 1962; separated from neighbors and loved ones in the Eastern sector by the Communist wall, West Berliners erected some 400 Christmas trees as a substitute greeting. The wall will be crossed this year. After 11 days of negotiation, East Germany agreed to West Germany’s proposal to admit West Berliners into the Eastern portions of the city during the Christmas season. Hower, the Communist regime will not permit its residents to enter the West. Passes will be issued to West Berliners for one day, good until midnight. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-12C-63-W)
Creator:
United Press International. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989., Communism and Christianity--Germany--Berlin., Christmas--Germany--Berlin., Christmas trees--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352989
Title:
Deck the wall...
Creator:
United Press International. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives.
Topics:
Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989., Communism and Christianity--Germany--Berlin., Christmas--Germany--Berlin., Christmas trees--Germany--Berlin.
Geographic subjects:
Berlin (Germany)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:352643

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