Conferring with government and rebel leaders in Santo Domingo is Archbishop Emanuele Clarizio, Papal Nuncio to the Dominican Republic, who has worked constantly for peace in this civil war-torn nation.
Organized religion is "not very well thought of" in today's secularized society, according to Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, general secretary of the World Council of Churches.
The new replaces the old as these two girls unfurl the scroll, covering the names of the three former separate churches. The unrolling of the Federated Church scroll signaled the three congregations to move forward to unite. The scroll bearers are Marion Palmer, left, and Roxanna Thrall, left.
A new Mass honoring St. Benedict under the title of Protector of Europe, conferred on him by Pope Paul VI last October, has been approved by the Sacred Congregation of Rites.
The Second Biennial Convention, National Temperance Movement. Checking for prospects for new officers for 1949. Left to right: Dr. G. M. Bruce, Dr. C. W. DeMille, Rev. Wayne W. Womer, and Dr. H. H. Parish.
Harlem youngsters listen to Peggy Ruth, field worker and Union Theological Seminary student, read Bible stories at a church set up in a vacant store in East Harlem. Standing behind the children are the co-pastors of the church, Rev. Don Benedict and Rev. J. Archie Hargraves.
Mike Alexander demonstrates how to draw listeners interest for a couple of would-be speech makers. Alexander, teacher at predominantly black J. N. Ervin School in Dallas, has coached the last two national champions in the Reader's Digest Association-Boy Scouts of America speech contest. "When I was 16, I made a commitment to Christ that I would help the young," Alexander said. "For me, the best way to keep that commitment is to help kids learn to express their thoughts in words."
Premier Robert Mugabe and his wife Sally, front row, and former prime minister and one of Mr. Mugabe's opponents in the recent election, Bishop Abel T. Muzorewa, far right, join in singing the black nationalist hymn, "God Bless Africa."
A mother mourns her daughter during a mass cremation service for 59 victims of a black nationalist missile attack on a Viscount airliner. Photograph originally numbered PC-52169.
Father Stephen Gross, S.J., baptizes a baby inside a church made of sticks and thatch in a small village which used to be a camp for workers at the United Fruit banana plantation near El Progresso, Honduras.
In a joint statement, representatives of 13 church groups expressed their concern for the family farm, now increasingly threatened with extinction by powerful corporate interests.
Stuart E. Eizenstat, Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs and Policy, addresses the recent Centennial Dinner of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) in New York.
The Rev. Bede Ferrara, a Franciscan priest, smiles as he shows the T-shirt given to him by Allyssa Keough, of Brookline, whose father, William, is one of the 50 hostages being held by militants in Iran.
