The Archive · 1938

Storm Stops Speech

Budapest, May 29, A thunderstorm with torrents of rain led to abandonment of the address which was to be given by Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, the Vatican Secretary of State, on the clos-jug day of the Eucharistic Congress here today.

A cloudburst occurred while the closing procession, which stretched for several miles, was winding its way from the Basilica of St. Stephen to the Heroes' Square, Despite the storm, Cardinal Pacelli sat on the throne, and the ceremony began, but eventually the pilgrims attempted to gain shelter, and he decided to issue his speech through the huge crowd hours to disperse—

Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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