Text transcribed from caption: C-30598 IN MEMORY OF BELGIAN MARTYRED PRIESTS NEW YORK -- Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York, speaks to bereaved members of the Oblates of Mary at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Three Belgian priests of the order were slain at Kwilu Province in the Congo recently when anti-government guerillas attacked Christian missions. Members of the order attended a Solemn Pontifical Mass offered by Cardinal Spellman for the souls of the three priests. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (BB-NY-2B-64-W)

Braun, Bob. (photographer)

1964

still image

photographs

photograph : black-and-white ; 8 x 7 inches

Religious News Service--Archives.
Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967.
Catholic Church. Archdiocese of New York (N.Y.)
Catholic Church--Bishops.
Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York, N.Y.)
Catholic Church--Clergy.
Catholic Church--Missions--Congo (Democratic Republic)

Bereavement--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.
Priests--Belgium--Brussels.
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Martyrs--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)
Memorial service.
Missionaries--Violence against--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kwilu (Sub-Region)

Belgium
Brussels.
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Kwilu (Sub-Region)
New York (N.Y.)
Kwilu (Congo : Sub-Region)
North and Central America--United States--New York--New York

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Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.

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RNS RG 1, image no. C-30598; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA

RNS-RG1_C-30598

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