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Title: Pope greets Congo survivors.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1965, January 5, 1965, January 5, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Palace (Vatican City)
Topical Subject(s): Popes., Nuns--Vatican City., Massacres--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé., Returned missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé., Missionaries--Vatican City., Women missionaries--Vatican City.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-31998; 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-31998_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355672

Title: Congo survivors greeted by Pope.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31998 CONGO SURVIVORS GREETED BY POPE VATICAN CITY -- Pope Paul VI had a special greeting at a general audience for a group of nuns who escaped the massacre of missionaries at Wamba in the Congo. The Italian nuns are members of the Missionary Sisters of Verona. Other missionaries, including priest and Sisters, were in the general audience of some 1,000 persons in the Vatican’s Hall of Benedictions. The Pope has often paid tribute to the martyrdom of missionaries in the Congo and has made many pleas for peace in the new African nation. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-1A-65-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1965, January 5, 1965, January 5, 1965
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978., Vatican Palace (Vatican City)
Topical Subject(s): Popes., Nuns--Vatican City., Massacres--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé., Returned missionaries--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé., Missionaries--Vatican City., Women missionaries--Vatican City.
Geographic subjects: Vatican City., Congo (Democratic Republic), Haut-Uélé., Congo (Democratic Republic), Haut-Uélé., Vatican City., Vatican City., Vatican City., Haut-Uélé (Congo), Europe--Holy See
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-31998; 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-31998
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355842

Title: Slain by Congolese rebels.
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (author)
Date Created: 1964, December 31, 1964, December 31, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wittebols, Joseph, 1912-1964., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé., Massacres--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé., Colonies--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Violent deaths--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé.
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-31989; 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-31989_02
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355664

Title: Belgian bishop slain in the Congo.
Description: Text transcribed from caption: C-31989 BELGIAN BISHOP SLAIN IN THE CONGO LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo -- Bishop Joseph-Pierre Albert Wittebols of Wamba, in the northeastern part of the Congo, was reported massacred by Congolese rebels who seized the Belgian-born prelate and other missionaries in the Wamba area as hostages. A number of missionaries of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, of which the bishop was a member, and nuns were believed missing from Wamba. Bishop Wittebols was born in Etterbeck, in 1912, and was ordained in 1937. He was named Titular Bishop of Callipoli and Vicar Apostolic of Wamba when that vicariate was formed in 1949. Ten years later, the vicariate was raised to a diocese and Bishop Wittebols became its first Ordinary. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-1A-65-NAB)
Creator Name(s): Wide World Photos, Inc. (publisher)
Date Created: 1964, December 31, 1964, December 31, 1964
Name Subject(s): Religious News Service--Archives., Wittebols, Joseph, 1912-1964., Catholic Church--Bishops.
Topical Subject(s): Bishops--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé., Massacres--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé., Colonies--Religious aspects--Catholic Church., Violent deaths--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Haut-Uélé.
Geographic subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic), Haut-Uélé., Congo (Democratic Republic), Haut-Uélé., Congo (Democratic Republic), Haut-Uélé., Haut-Uélé (Congo), Africa--Democratic Republic of Congo--Upper Uele--Wamba
Physical Location: RNS RG 1, image no. C-31989; 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-31989
(PID) Persistent Identifier: islandora:355838

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