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)

Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)

1964
November 26, 1964

still image

photographs

photograph : black-and-white ; 6 1/4 x 8 inches

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)

Nuns--Belgium--Brussels.
Missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kisangani.
Women missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kisangani.
Kings and rulers--Belgium.
Massacres--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Kisangani.

Belgium
Brussels.
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Kisangani.
Belgium.
Brussels (Belgium)
Kisangani (Congo)
Europe--Belgium--Brussels-Capital Region--Brussels

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Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.

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RNS RG 1, image no. PC-31863; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA

RNS-RG1_PC-31863

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