 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1933, akatumirwa kuchipatara chemamishinari muBelgian Congo uko ungano yake yaishanda kuhurumende yekoloni. Akabatwa netibhii ndokudzokera kunyika yokumusha kwake muzhizha ra 1939, nguva pfupi Hondo Yenyika II isati yatanga uye kudenha kweGermany kweBelgium kwakatevera. Baba vake vakaurawa nokukurumidza pashure paikoku, kuchikonzera Hanzvadzi Xaverine kukudziridza ruvengo rwakadaro kuvaGermany zvokuti akabatanidzwa muBelgian Resistance. Iye akasvika pakunzwa kuti aisagona kuteerera zvinorayirwa nokutenda kwake nokuda kwokukanganwirwa uye akakumbira Holy See kuti abvisirwe mhiko dzake dzorudzidziso - chikumbiro chisingawanzoitiki zvikuru muzuva rake. Iye pakupedzisira akapiwa izvi, uye akasiya ungano musi wa16 August 1944 kubva mumusha wavo wemamongi muUccle. 