ITALY & THE VATICAN
SCENES IN ROME. THE POPE’S GREAT RECEPTION. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). (Received this day at 11.25. a.m.) ROME, February 12. There was an imposing spectacle at St. Peter’s for what was nominally the seventh anniversary of the coronation, but was converted into a solemn thanksgiving for the peace to Italy. Despite the rain, crowds waited for four hours for the Pope’s appearance on the balcony. It is estimated one hundred thousand reeeived the Benediction. As he raised his hand the third time, the crowd stood up and cheered frenziedly. It was the Hurd time since 1870 that there had been a public Benediction.
Another outstanding incident was that it was the first time for sixty, years that uniformed miltary officials entered the Basilica to participate in .Mass.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1929, Page 5
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