Text transcribed from caption: C-30414 FATHER WEIGEL, FAMED THEOLOGIAN, DIES AT 57 NEW YORK -- Father Gustave Weigel, S.J., famed U.S. Roman Catholic theologian and ecumenical leader, died Jan. 3 at the age of 57. A member of the Vatican Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, Father Weigel was noted for his friendships and contacts with Protestant and Orthodox. Here the priest is shown in familiar settings. At top, he is shown at Alexandria, Va., where 20 Protest-ant churches and the city’s largest Catholic church joined in 1962 in a program of prayer for Christian Unity. With Father Weigel (third from left) were, left to right, Suffragan Bishop Samuel B. Chilton of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Virginia; the Rev. William Basom of Beverly Hills Community church; and the Rev. Charles Bayer, pastor of First Christian Church. Below, Father Weigel is shown in Rome where he assisted American journalists at daily press conferences arranged for newsmen at the Second Vatican Council. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RPT-NY-1B-64-W)
