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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15,000 witness historical pontifical Mass.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #C-4706 15,000 WITNESS HISTORIC PONTIFICAL MASS BOSTON -- In one of the most colorful religious spectacles ever held in New England, 15,000 Catholics kneel in Boston Garden here during the celebration of a Pontifical Mass that highlighted the eighth national congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. The Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic delegate to the United States, was celebrant of the Mass, while Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, delivered the sermon in which he scored the UN for failing to open its General Assembly with a prayer for divine guidance. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EMAC-BOS-BS-10E6-C)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Confraternity of Christian Doctrine--Congresses., Confraternity of Christian Doctrine., Catholic Church--Liturgy., Boston Garden (Boston, Mass.)
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Massachusetts--Boston., Mass.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360523
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Listening to broadcast by Pope Pius.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: #C-4703 LISTENING TO BROADCAST BY POPE PIUS BOSTON -- Two Dominican nuns and a group of priests, among the 12,000 persons who attended the eighth annual Congress of the National Confraternity of Christian Doctrine here, gather around a portable radio to hear Pope Pius XII broadcast from his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (EM-BOS-BS-10E6-C)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Dominicans., Catholic Church--Clergy., Confraternity of Christian Doctrine--Congresses., Confraternity of Christian Doctrine., Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958--Oratory.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Massachusetts--Boston., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Nuns--Massachusetts--Boston., Dominican sisters--Massachusetts--Boston., Radio broadcasting., Radio public speaking., Popes.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:360522
Title:
Larneu Group.
Description:
Text transcribed from annotations: R-3713 LARNEU GROUP Boston -- National Catholic Welfare Conference 1946.
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., National Catholic Welfare Conference--Congresses., Catholic Church--Societies, etc.
Topics:
Church and social problems--Massachusetts--Boston., Church and social problems--Catholic Church., Congresses and conventions--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359850
Title:
New officers of Laymen’s Retreat League.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-4003 NEW OFFICERS OF LAYMEN’S RETREAT LEAGUE BOSTON -- New officers of the National Catholic Laymen’s Retreat League elected here are, left to right (front row); Dr. R. E. Mulholland, Long Branch, N.J., second vice president; Frank Crotty, Boston, president; Daniel M. Hammil, Pittsburgh, vice president, and David Askin, Brooklyn, N.Y., secretary. Back row: J.W. Cunningham, Hartford, Conn., trustee; Daniel Morrissey, Chicago, treasurer, and Judge Joseph W. Ward, St. Louis, six-year trustee. Object of the League is the personal sanctification of members through the promotion of spiritual retreats. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOST-MES-6D-6-C)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Mulholland, R. E., Crotty, Frank., Hammil, Daniel M., Askin, David., Cunningham, J. W., Morrissey, Daniel., Ward, Joseph W., National Committee of Catholic Laymen (U.S.)
Topics:
Catholic men--Societies, etc., Congresses and conventions--Massachusetts--Boston., Laity--Catholic Church.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359824
Title:
Archbishop attends editors’ meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-3716 ARCHBISHOP ATTENDS EDITORS’ MEETING [2] BOSTON -- Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of Boston addresses members of the National Catholic Press Association at their annal meeting here. The archbishop told the delegates that the church’s greatest missionary opportunity lies in the Far East. More than 400 editors, publishers and journalists attended the sessions. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOS-MES-5E-6-C-O)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Cushing, Richard, 1895-1970., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.), Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Media Association--Congresses.
Topics:
Journalism, Religious--Massachusetts--Boston., Religious literature--Publishing--Societies, etc., Religious literature--Publishing--Massachusetts--Boston., Congresses and conventions--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359806
Title:
Archbishop attends editors’ meeting.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-3714 ARCHBISHOP ATTENDS EDITORS’ MEETING [1] BOSTON -- Archbishop John G. Murray, of St. Paul, Minn., Episcopal Chairman of the Press Department of the National Catholic Welfare Conference (left), talks with the Rev. H. H. Long, general manager of The Witness, Dubuque, Iowa, during the meeting here of the National Catholic Press Association. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ELM-BOS-MES-5E-6-ST.P-WIT-O)
Creator:
MacDonald, Earl L. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Murray, John Gregory., Catholic Church--Bishops., Catholic Church. Archdiocese of St. Paul (Minn.), National Catholic Welfare Conference., Long, H. H., Catholic Media Association--Congresses.
Topics:
Journalism, Religious--Massachusetts--Boston., Religious literature--Publishing--Societies, etc., Religious literature--Publishing--Massachusetts--Boston., Congresses and conventions--Massachusetts--Boston.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:359805
Title:
NAACP leader at Catholic social action parley.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31442 NAACP LEADER AT CATHOLIC SOCIAL ACTION PARLEY BOSTON -- Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is shown as he spoke before the National Catholic Social Action Conference at Boston College. At left are Msgr. George G. Higgins, director of the Social Action Department, National Catholic Welfare Conference, and Bishop Ernest J. Primeau of Manchester, N.H. Passage of the Civil Rights Act was a moral vindication of the "American dream," Mr. Wilkins said. The NAACP leader said groups who rioted in Harlem, Rochester and Jersey City are not part of any movement. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (JC-HING-8D-64-W)
Creator:
Coyne, James. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People., National Catholic Social Action Conference., Boston College., Higgins, George, 1916-2002., National Catholic Welfare Conference. Social Action Department., Primeau, Ernest J.
Topics:
Congresses and conventions--Massachusetts--Boston., African American civil rights workers., Race relations--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Civil rights workers--United States.
Geographic subjects:
Boston (Mass.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349077

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