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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: C-30796 POPE GIVES EASTER BLESSING VATICAN CITY -- From a balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Paul VI gives his first Easter blessing, “Urbi et Orbi” (to the City of Rome and the World), before 100,000 persons who jammed huge St. Peter’s Square. In his Easter message, the pontiff greeted all Christians, including “our brethren still separated from us,” all believers in God and “unbelievers or those who no longer believe.” He urged the world to accept religion to help solve the many problems facing mankind. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-3E-64-NAB)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978.Topics:Easter--Vatican City., Benediction--Vatican City., Catholic Church and atheism., Popes.Geographic subjects:Vatican City., Piazza San Pietro (Vatican City)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348288
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: C-30789 LENTEN PREACHER FOR POPE VATICAN CITY -- Father Bernhard Haring, C.SS.R., former German chaplain and noted theologian, served as a Lenten preacher for Pope Paul VI and a number of cardinals during Lent. The German-born Redemptorist priest teaches at the order’s Academia Alfonsiana in Rome. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-3E-64-NAB)Creator:Keystone. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Häring, Bernhard, 1912-1998., Accademia alfonsiana--Faculty., Catholic Church., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978.Topics:Theologians--Germany., World War, 1939-1945--Chaplains., Lent--Vatican City., Popes.Geographic subjects:Vatican City.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348287
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-30827 GERMAN ECUMENICAL RECEPTION HONORS NCC LEADER BERLIN-Bishop Reuben H. Mueller of Indianapolis, Ind., president of the National Council of Churches in the U. S. A. (second right), was guest of honor at a reception following an ecumenical service in Kaiser Friedrich Memorial church in West Berlin. The American churchman, head of the Evangelical United Brethren Church, was on an overseas Holy Week visit to U. S. servicemen in Germany and Spain. Preaching the sermon at the service, Bishop Mueller denounced the Berlin Wall as symbolic of man’s failure to understand and accept the Christian Gospel. Shown left to right: the Rev. H. Rees-Davis, minister of the Anglican church in Berlin; the Rev. H. Janson, minister of the Swedish Lutheran church in Berlin; Anglican Bishop A. A. B. Dilbar Hans of Chota Nagpur, India; the Rev. H. M. Helbich, general superintendent of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg; Bishop Mueller; and J. Madiba, a leading layman of the Transvaal Evangelical Church in South Africa. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (KV-BER-4B-64-NAB)Creator:Voss, Klaus. (photographer)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Mueller, Reuben Herbert., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Rees-Davis, H., Janson, H., Dilbar-Hans, Sadanand Abinash Bishram., Helbich, H.M., Madiba, Moses J. (Moses Josiah), 1909-1985.Topics:Ecumenical movement--Germany--Berlin., Clergy--Germany--Berlin., Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989., Communism and Christianity--Germany--Berlin., Holy Week--Germany--Berlin.Geographic subjects:Berlin (Germany)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348286
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-30794 NCC PRESIDENT VISITS, DENOUNCES BERLIN WALL BERLIN -- The infamous wall built by Communists to divide East and West Berlin stands as a “silent and tragic witness” to man’s failure to understand and accept the Christian gospel, it was stated by Bishop Reuben H. Mueller of Indianapolis, Ind., president of the National Council of Churches, as he viewed the barricade (top photo) during a Holy Week visit to U.S. military personnel in Spain and Germany. In addition to bringing greetings from hometown churches to servicemen and women, the Evangelical United Brethren Church leader met with government and religious leaders in Germany and preached at an ecumenical service at West Berlin’s Kaiser Friedrich Memorial church (bottom photo). In his sermon he said it was his desire, and that of the U.S. government, that he spend Good Friday through Easter in Berlin because the city “with its wall and problems is for all of Christianity the City of Good Friday.” He declared: “Whoever shares concern about mankind’s future must share Berlin’s concerns.” The American churchman was welcomed to Germany by Bishop Otto Dibelius of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg (seated right, bottom photo). Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (KV-B-3E-64-NBM)Creator:Voss, Klaus. (photographer)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Mueller, Reuben Herbert., Evangelical United Brethren Church--Clergy., Dibelius, Otto, 1880-1967., Evangelische Kirche in Berlin-Brandenburg--Bishops.Topics:Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989., Communism and Christianity--Germany--Berlin., Holy Week--Germany--Berlin., Good Friday--Liturgy., Ecumenical movement--Germany--Berlin.Geographic subjects:Berlin (Germany)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348285
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-30794 NCC PRESIDENT VISITS, DENOUNCES BERLIN WALL BERLIN -- The infamous wall built by Communists to divide East and West Berlin stands as a “silent and tragic witness” to man’s failure to understand and accept the Christian gospel, it was stated by Bishop Reuben H. Mueller of Indianapolis, Ind., president of the National Council of Churches, as he viewed the barricade (top photo) during a Holy Week visit to U.S. military personnel in Spain and Germany. In addition to bringing greetings from hometown churches to servicemen and women, the Evangelical United Brethren Church leader met with government and religious leaders in Germany and preached at an ecumenical service at West Berlin’s Kaiser Friedrich Memorial church (bottom photo). In his sermon he said it was his desire, and that of the U.S. government, that he spend Good Friday through Easter in Berlin because the city “with its wall and problems is for all of Christianity the City of Good Friday.” He declared: “Whoever shares concern about mankind’s future must share Berlin’s concerns.” The American churchman was welcomed to Germany by Bishop Otto Dibelius of the Evangelical Church of Berlin-Brandenburg (seated right, bottom photo). Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (KV-B-3E-64-NBM)Creator:Voss, Klaus. (photographer)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America., Mueller, Reuben Herbert., Evangelical United Brethren Church--Clergy., Dibelius, Otto, 1880-1967., Evangelische Kirche in Berlin-Brandenburg--Bishops.Topics:Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989., Communism and Christianity--Germany--Berlin., Holy Week--Germany--Berlin., Good Friday--Liturgy., Ecumenical movement--Germany--Berlin.Geographic subjects:Berlin (Germany)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348284
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: C-30977 PARALYTIC ORDAINED PRIEST METZ, France -- Father Valentin Schwaller, 33, paralyzed from the waist down, is ordained by Bishop Paul Joseph Schmitt of Metz, France, in the diocesan cathedral. Ten years ago Father Schwaller was a seminarian when he was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident en route to the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima. Almost completely paralyzed, he gradually recovered the use of his arms. A special papal dispensation was required for his ordination. It is expected that his ministry will be devoted to crippled people. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-5B-64-NAB)Creator:Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Schwaller, Valentin., Schmitt, Paul Joseph., Catholic Church. Diocese of Metz (France), Catholic Church--Clergy., Cathédrale de Metz (Metz, France)Topics:Ordination--Catholic Church., Disabilities--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., People with disabilities--France--Metz., Clergy with disabilities--France--Metz., Church work with people with disabilities--Catholic Church., Church work with people with disabilities--France--Metz.Geographic subjects:Metz (France)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348283
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Title:Description:Mannerheimintie.Creator:Finnish National Travel (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives.Topics:Streets--Finland--Helsinki., Department stores--Finland--Helsinki.Geographic subjects:Helsinki (Finland), Helsinki (Finland)--Buildings, structures, etc.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348282
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Title:Creator:Finnish National Travel (New York, N.Y.) (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Asema-aukio (Helsinki, Finland)Topics:Plazas--Finland--Helsinki., Railroad terminals--Finland--Helsinki.Geographic subjects:Helsinki (Finland), Rautatientori (Helsinki, Finland), Helsinki (Finland)--Buildings, structures, etc.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348281
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-30823 ECUMENICAL JOURNEY TO THE HOLY LAND SOUTHAMPTON, England -- Four hundred Protestants and Roman Catholics from Great Britain boarded a ship at Southampton, England, on Easter Monday for a month-long “ecumenical journey” to the Holy Land. Ready with his camera is Anglican Bishop Robert Stopford of London. Others, from left to right, are the Rev. Peter Harvey, editor of Church Illustrated and Anglican World, publication which arranged the trip; the Rev. Kenneth Slack, secretary of the British Council of Churches, and Msgr. G.A. Tomlinson, administrator of Westminster Cathedral and leader of the Catholic group on the tour. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-L-4A-64-NBM)Creator:United Press International. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Stopford, Robert Wright., Harvey, Peter., Slack, Kenneth., Tomlinson, George A., Catholic Church--Clergy., Church of England--Bishops., Church of England--Clergy., Catholic Church--Relations--Protestant churches.Topics:Bishops--England--London., Clergy--England., Ecumenical movement--England--Southampton., Interdenominational cooperation--England--Southampton., Protestant churches--Relations--Catholic Church.Geographic subjects:Southampton (England)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348280
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-30824 BAN-BOMB RALLY HEARS RUSSIAN ARCHBISHOP LONDON -- Russian Orthodox Archbishop Kyprian of Dmitrov (right) chats with Anglican Canon John Collins, chairman of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, at a tree planting ceremony in London’s Kennington Park. The tree, planted by Canon Collins, was said to be a cutting from one that survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945. Archbishop Kyprian, visiting England at the canon’s invitation, also addressed thousands at a ban-the-bomb demonstration in Trafalgar Square. He spoke in Russian and a translation of his talk was read by Canon Collins. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-4A-64-NAB)Creator:United Press International. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Russkai︠a︡ pravoslavnai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ--Bishops., Kyprian, Archbishop of Dmitrov., Collins, L. John (Lewis John), Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament., Church of England--Clergy.Topics:Clergy--England--London., Bishops--England--London., Antinuclear movement--England--London., Interdenominational cooperation--England--London.Geographic subjects:London (England), Trafalgar Square (London, England)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348279
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-30781 BILLY GRAHAM PLANS BRITISH CRUSADE LONDON -- American evangelist Billy Graham addresses 3,000 clergy and laymen in Westminster as he reveals plans for a major crusade in Great Britain in 1965 or 1966. The Southern Baptist minister said the definite scheduling of the campaign--expected to last 12 weeks--depends on the availability of Earls Court Stadium, which seats 25,000 persons. Mr. Graham said he had been invited to preach in England by a group of 70 laymen who are expected to underwrite the $500,000 crusade. Expressing fears that the country’s moral standards were in danger, the evangelist said he was shocked by crime and immorality statistics in Britain and that England needed a “moral and spiritual awakening.” Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-3D-64-NAB)Creator:United Press International. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Graham, Billy, 1918-2018., Methodist Central Hall (Westminster, London, England)Topics:Evangelists--England--London., Evangelicalism--Great Britain., Evangelistic work--Protestant churches.Geographic subjects:Westminster (London, England), Great Britain--Religion--20th century.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348278
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: C-31034 MASS TELEVISED TO EIGHT COUNTRIES LONDON -- A Pentecost Solemn Mass in the Roman Catholic Westminster Cathedral in London was televised to eight countries with priests or laymen giving the commentaries in the language of the particular nation. Photo shows some of the commentators at the cathedral before the Mass. The service was broadcast by the Eurovision Television Network to Holland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, German and England and Ireland. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-5D-64-NAB)Creator:United Press International. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Westminster Cathedral., Catholic Church--Liturgy., European Broadcasting Union., Castilijus, Jan., Bebb, John., Haas, Jacques., Siegel, Karl-August., Catholic Church--Clergy.Topics:Mass., Church and mass media--England--London., Television broadcasting--England--London.Geographic subjects:London (England)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348277
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-30843 WORLD ‘VATICAN’ OF MUSLIMS CAIRO -- The Al Azhar University in Cairo, more than 1,000 years old, is the Islamic “equivalent” of the Vatican in Rome for Muslims, who make up the world’s largest organized non-Christian religion. Housed in the university is the Higher Council for Islamic Studies which is conducting a massive revival of Islamic culture in Africa and elsewhere. The Council co-sponsored a month-long first Pan-Islamic Congress at the University attended by some 100 Muslim leaders from 70 countries. It consists of 17 Egyptian and eight foreign ulemas (religious). Bottom photo shows Muslims kneeling in prayer to Allah. Muslims are followers of Muhammed (570-632), who announced himself as the prophet of Allah. In Africa, it has been estimated that there are about 100 million Muslims, as compared with some 60 million Christians. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (UAR-4B-64-NAB)Creator:Religious News Service. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives.Topics:Muslims--Egypt--Cairo., Prayer--Egypt--Cairo., Muslim scholars--Egypt--Cairo., Congresses and conventions--Egypt--Cairo., Islamic countries--Relations--Islamic countries.Geographic subjects:Cairo (Egypt), Egypt--Religion--20th century., Egypt--Foreign relations--Saudi Arabia.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348276
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-30843 WORLD ‘VATICAN’ OF MUSLIMS CAIRO -- The Al Azhar University in Cairo, more than 1,000 years old, is the Islamic “equivalent” of the Vatican in Rome for Muslims, who make up the world’s largest organized non-Christian religion. Housed in the university is the Higher Council for Islamic Studies which is conducting a massive revival of Islamic culture in Africa and elsewhere. The Council co-sponsored a month-long first Pan-Islamic Congress at the University attended by some 100 Muslim leaders from 70 countries. It consists of 17 Egyptian and eight foreign ulemas (religious). Bottom photo shows Muslims kneeling in prayer to Allah. Muslims are followers of Muhammed (570-632), who announced himself as the prophet of Allah. In Africa, it has been estimated that there are about 100 million Muslims, as compared with some 60 million Christians. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (UAR-4B-64-NAB)Creator:Religious News Service. (publisher), Zachary, C. (photographer)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Jāmiʻat al-Azhar.Topics:Muslims--Egypt--Cairo., Universities and colleges--Egypt--Cairo., Muslim scholars--Egypt--Cairo., Congresses and conventions--Egypt--Cairo., Islamic countries--Relations--Islamic countries.Geographic subjects:Cairo (Egypt), Egypt--Religion--20th century., Egypt--Foreign relations--Saudi Arabia.URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348275
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-30842 100 MUSLIM LEADERS FROM 70 NATIONS HOLD CONGRESS CAIRO -- Some of the 100 ulemas (religious) from 70 countries attending the month-long first Pan-Islamic Congress in Cairo pray in the mosque of the 1,012-year-old Al Azhar University where sessions were held. Bottom photo shows leaders at the congress. Left to right are: Shiekh [Sheikh] Ibrahim Nayas, leader of East Africa’s Muslims; Dr. Abdullah Maedi, vice-shiekh [sheikh] of Al Azhar University; Hussein el Shafei, vice-president of the United Arab Republic, who represented President Gama Abdel Nassar; Dr. Mohammed el Bahai, the university’s rector; and R. Mahmoud Hoballah, general secretary of the Islamic Research Center, co-sponsor of the congress with the Higher Council for Islamic Studies. A major aim of the meeting was to cope with a need for bringing Islam into harmony with modern conditions of life. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ZN-CAI-4B-64-NAB)Creator:Nagati, Zein. (photographer), Middle East Features Service (Cairo, Egypt) (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Jāmiʻat al-Azhar., Iniyās, Ibrāhīm, 1902-1975., Madi, Abdullah., el-Shafei, Hussein Mahmoud Hassan., el Bahia, Mohammed., Hoballah, Mahmoud F., Jāmiʻat al-Azhar--Faculty.Topics:Muslims--Egypt--Cairo., Universities and colleges--Egypt--Cairo., Muslim scholars--Egypt--Cairo., Congresses and conventions--Egypt--Cairo., Islamic countries--Relations--Islamic countries.Geographic subjects:Cairo (Egypt)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348274
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-30842 100 MUSLIM LEADERS FROM 70 NATIONS HOLD CONGRESS CAIRO -- Some of the 100 ulemas (religious) from 70 countries attending the month-long first Pan-Islamic Congress in Cairo pray in the mosque of the 1,012-year-old Al Azhar University where sessions were held. Bottom photo shows leaders at the congress. Left to right are: Shiekh [Sheikh] Ibrahim Nayas, leader of East Africa’s Muslims; Dr. Abdullah Maedi, vice-shiekh [sheikh] of Al Azhar University; Hussein el Shafei, vice-president of the United Arab Republic, who represented President Gama Abdel Nassar; Dr. Mohammed el Bahai, the university’s rector; and R. Mahmoud Hoballah, general secretary of the Islamic Research Center, co-sponsor of the congress with the Higher Council for Islamic Studies. A major aim of the meeting was to cope with a need for bringing Islam into harmony with modern conditions of life. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (ZN-CAI-4B-64-NAB)Creator:Nagati, Zein. (photographer)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Jāmiʻat al-Azhar., Iniyās, Ibrāhīm, 1902-1975., Madi, Abdullah., el-Shafei, Hussein Mahmoud Hassan., el Bahia, Mohammed., Hoballah, Mahmoud F., Jāmiʻat al-Azhar--Faculty.Topics:Muslims--Egypt--Cairo., Universities and colleges--Egypt--Cairo., Muslim scholars--Egypt--Cairo., Congresses and conventions--Egypt--Cairo., Islamic countries--Relations--Islamic countries., Prayer--Egypt--Cairo.Geographic subjects:Cairo (Egypt)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348273
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: C-30803 HOOTENANNY SEMINARIANS WINDSOR, Ont. -- These Redemptorist seminarians -- strumming guitars, banjo and bass -- were a hootenanny hit when they joined forces with a professional group of folk singers at the University of Windsor. Among 300 persons who heard them play and sing was Bishop G. Emmet Carter of London. The seminarians sang their own version of the Magnificat, Clementine and There’s a Meeting Here Tonight. They are students at Holy Redeemer College and have entertained visiting religious, senior citizens and orphans in the past. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (WBJ-WIND-3E-64-NAB)Creator:Jackson, W.B. (photographer)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church., University of Windsor., Carter, G. Emmett, 1912-2003.Topics:Seminarians--Ontario--Windsor., Musicians--Ontario--Windsor., Bishops--Ontario--London.Geographic subjects:Windsor (Ont.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348272
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Title:Description:Text transcribed from caption: C-30779 NEW HEAD OF BELGRADE SEE BELGRADE -- Shown as he received the kiss of peace during a Byzantine Rite Mass he celebrated in Toronto, Canada, last July is Archbishop Gabriel Bukatko, who succeeded to the Archdiocese of Belgrade when his predecessor, 84-year-old Archbishop Josip Ujcic, died on March 24. Archbishop Bukatko, 51, who was named Coadjutor to Archbishop Ujcic with the right of succession in 1961, was also Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Krizevci, which embraces all Catholics of the Byzantine Rite in Yugoslavia. His predecessor was long known for his efforts to establish a sound modus vivendi with the Tito regime that would guarantee Church rights in this Communist country. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-3-D-63-TFD)Creator:Religious News Service. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Bukatko, Gabriel., Catholic Church--Byzantine rite., Catholic Church. Eparchy of Križevci., Catholic Church--Byzantine rite--Bishops., Catholic Church--Byzantine rite--Liturgy.Topics:Bishops--Yugoslavia., Rites and ceremonies--Ontario--Toronto., Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church., Communism and Christianity--Yugoslavia.Geographic subjects:Yugoslavia--Church history., Toronto (Ont.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348271
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: P-29896 BOSTON PICKETS PROTEST BIRMINGHAM BOMBING BOSTON -- Racial violence in Birmingham, Ala., was protested in Boston by pickets who paraded back and forth in front of the city’s Federal Building. They were led by the Rev. Vernon E. Carter, pastor of All Saints Lutheran church, a congregation of the Lutheran Church in America. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-9C-63-NBM)Creator:United Press International. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Carter, Vernon E.Topics:16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Lutheran Church--Clergy., Clergy--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights movements--United States., Civil rights demonstrations--Massachusetts--Boston., Civil rights--Religious aspects--Lutheran Church., Picketing--Massachusetts--Boston., African American clergy--Massachusetts--Boston.Geographic subjects:Boston (Mass.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344316
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Description:Text transcribed from caption: PC-29888 BOY PRAYS OUTSIDE BOMBED CHURCH BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- A Negro boy fell to his knees in prayer amid shattered glass from windows of the 16th Street Baptist church and surrounding buildings in Birmingham, Ala. Four young girls died as a racist's bomb exploded at 10:22 a.m. on Sept. 15 during worship services and Sunday school sessions. In the following outbreak of violence throughout the area, two young Negroes were shot to death. Pleas for effort to stop further bloodshed were issued from government, civil rights and religious leaders across the nation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-NY-9C-63-NBM)Creator:United Press International. (publisher)Subject names:Religious News Service--Archives., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church (Birmingham, Ala.)Topics:16th Street Baptist Church Bombing, Birmingham, Ala., 1963., Racism--Alabama--Birmingham., Prayer--Alabama--Birmingham., Bombings--Alabama--Birmingham.Geographic subjects:Birmingham (Ala.)URL:https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:344315
