Text transcribed from caption: C-4167 CRUSADE FOR PEACE [1] PARIS -- Four hundred and twenty pilgrims from 14 countries gather outside the ancient abbey of Vezelay in central France at the close of a Crusade for Peace hailed as one of the most remarkable religious demonstrations witnessed since the end of the war. The crosses lined up outside the church were carried by pilgrims in an 18-day march on foot through towns and villages where thousands joined them in prayer, many even accompanying the crusaders all the way on their long trek over sun-baked roads. American and Canadian crusaders did not reach France in time for the Crusade, but their crosses were borne by French volunteers. Vezelay is the place where St. Bernard preached the Second Crusade 800 years ago. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (PA-NY-TFD-7D-6-C)

Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)

1946

still image

photographs

photograph : black-and-white ; 7 x 9 inches

Religious News Service--Archives.
Vézelay (Abbey)
Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 1091-1153.
Catholic Church--Buildings.

Pilgrims and pilgrimages--France--Paris.
Abbeys--France--Paris.
Historical buildings--France--Paris.
Benedictine monasteries--France--Paris.
Marches--France--Paris.

France
Paris.
Paris (France)
Europe--France--Île-de-France--Paris

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Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.

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RNS RG 1, image no. C-4167; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA

RNS-RG1_C-4167

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