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Whether or not Pius XI lives another decade is probably a matter of little worry to him. He works hard, is much in world headlines if not in the world itself. As witness his activities last week...
...Vatican included Camilla Ratti, sister and nearest relative to the Pope, and Marchesa Maria Luisa Persichetti-Ugolini, the Pope's favorite niece, who named her daughter Maria Rio Pia in her uncle's honor. Bustling about was Monsignor Camillo Caccia-Dominioni, Master of the Papal Household, favorite secretary of Pius XI. Plump, jolly, much-loved for his virtues, Master Caccia-Dominioni arranges papal audiences, is present at all functions. Proudly he escorted Mussolini upstairs, to the Pope's private library. There Il Duce knelt solemnly, kissed not the toe but the Ring of the Fisherman. They chatted 55 minutes, which...
...Pius XI learned with satisfaction last week that the 1932 Catholic Press Directory lists 21,887,606 U. S. Catholics, an increase of 2,562,397 since 1922. There are 310 U. S. Catholic periodicals with a combined circulation...
...begged all the world to pray God for peace. Among his 35,000 listeners in St Peter's were Signora Rachele Mussolini, and a man who ran up to the sedia gestatoria, threw a paper in the Pope's lap, crying "I want grace! I want grace!" Later Pius XI inquired about the poor fellow, learned he was unemployed, ordered that everything possible be done...
...Pope received a delegation of 1,500, representing more than 5,000 workmen employed by Vatican City, whose own population is 639. Pius XI said he was happy to give employment to so many, for unemployment means idleness, father of all sins...