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Birthday, Pope Pius XI; at Castel Gandolfo; age 80. Long ailing, on his birthday he fainted, was unconscious 20 minutes...
There, of course, the repercussions were violent. Leaves were reported canceled throughout the entire Nazi navy, all over the world. Hour after hour Adolf Hitler conferred with his army, navy and state officers. Urgent telephone calls went through to Rome and Forli where Benito Mussolini was vacationing. Depressed Pope Pius (on his 80th birthday) went into retirement, fainted, remained unconscious for 20 minutes...
Greeted Pope Pius XI: "I am glad to see you because I have heard so much about...
...arrival in Rome, Al Smith had substituted, before his audience, the required full dress and top hat. Kneeling, he received the Papal blessing, then had a chance to chat privately with His Holiness, with Bishop Ralph L. Hayes, rector of Rome's North American College, interpreting. To Pius XI, Mr. Smith offered a ten-inch gold model of the Empire State Building, volunteering the dimensions of his skyscraper when the Holy Father confessed that he had never ascended a structure higher than the Eiffel Tower. The Pope presented a silver-framed pastel of himself autographed "Toto corde benedicens...
...summer villa at Castel Gandolfo, sick Pope Pius XI, instead of calling Cardinal Mundelein to order, received 150 German Catholic pilgrims, patted them on their spiritual backs. Speaking in German with a quavering voice he declared: "I am glad to see you, while at home there is being fought out a battle so unjust, so bitter and so inimical to conscience and religion. . . . The presence of you, dear children, here means that you wish to remain firm in your religion. . . . Tell your people that the Pope prays for them, daily, daily, daily...