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:
Nun auditor in mission field.
Description:
Alternate caption.
Creator:
Lawson, Morgan. (author)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sisters of Loretto., Catholic Church--Missions--Bolivia., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Councils and synods, Ecumenical., Acolytes--Catholic Church., Nuns--Kentucky--Loretto., Missions--Educational work--Bolivia.
Geographic subjects:
Bolivia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349393
Title:
Nun auditor in mission field.
Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-31625 NUN AUDITOR IN MISSION FIELD Mother Mary Luke, superior general of the Sisters of Loretto, is shown during a visit to a mission school in Bolivia in 1960. She is one of 15 women named by Pope Paul VI to serv as auditors (listeners) at the third session of the Second Vatican Council. Mother Mary Luke is also head of the Conference of Major Religious Superiors of Women's Institutes of America. Under her direction, the Sisters of Loretto operate 21 high schools, 76 elementary schools and two colleges in the U.S. and teach at three South American mission fields. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ML-LOU-9D-64-W)
Creator:
Lawson, Morgan. (photographer)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Sisters of Loretto., Catholic Church--Missions--Bolivia., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978.
Topics:
Councils and synods, Ecumenical., Acolytes--Catholic Church., Nuns--Kentucky--Loretto., Missions--Educational work--Bolivia.
Geographic subjects:
Bolivia.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:349128

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