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- Title
- Nun who eluded terrorists safe In Belgium.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: C-30526 NUN WHO ELUDED TERRORISTS SAFE IN BELGIUM BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Safe in her homeland, a nun who escaped the terrorists who attacked Catholic and Protestant missions in Kwilu Province of the Congo is greeted at Brussels airport by Sisters and relatives. Three Roman Catholic priests were slain in the rebel uprising and one was reported missing; all were from Belgium. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (U-NY-1E-64-W)
- Creator Name(s)
- United Press International. (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1964, January 26, 1964, January 26, 1964
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Catholic Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Topical Subject(s)
- Nuns--Belgium--Brussels., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Missionaries--Violence against--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region), Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
- Geographic subjects
- Belgium, Brussels., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kwilu (Sub-Region), Brussels (Belgium), Kwilu (Congo : Sub-Region), Europe--Belgium--Brussels-Capital Region--Brussels
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. C-30526; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
- Identifier (local)
- RNS-RG1_C-30526
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:353704
- Title
- Belgian royalty comforts nun.
- Description
- Text transcribed from caption: PC-31863 BELGIAN ROYALTY COMFORTS NUN BRUSSELS -- Sister Anne Marie Merkens, rescued from Congolese rebels, is comforted by Belgian King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola on arrival at the Brussels airport. The Catholic nun was among many whites rescued from the hands of rebels in Stanleyville by Belgian paratroops. Sister Anne Marie told the Associated Press that she and other nuns had been forced by the rebels to parade down a street in Basoto, near Stanleyville. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-11D-64-NAB)
- Creator Name(s)
- Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
- Date Created
- 1964, November 26, 1964, November 26, 1964
- Name Subject(s)
- Religious News Service--Archives., Merkens, Anne Marie., Fabiola, Queen, consort of Baudouin I, King of the Belgians, 1928-2014., Baudouin I, King of the Belgians, 1930-1993., Catholic Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Topical Subject(s)
- Nuns--Belgium--Brussels., Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kisangani., Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kisangani., Kings and rulers--Belgium., Massacres--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kisangani.
- Geographic subjects
- Belgium, Brussels., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kisangani., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kisangani., Belgium., Congo (Democratic Republic), Kisangani., Brussels (Belgium), Congo (Democratic Republic), Kisangani (Congo), Europe--Belgium--Brussels-Capital Region--Brussels
- Physical Location
- RNS RG 1, image no. PC-31863; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
- Related Item
- Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982. --http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-collections/rns-rg-1
- Identifier (local)
- RNS-RG1_PC-31863
- (PID) Persistent Identifier
- islandora:356690
