Count "Franco Raiti, the Pope's nephew was among those with the Holy Father when he died. Count Ratti had been at the Pope's bedside for more than 24 hours, assisting the two doctors and two male nurses who were in constant attendance, 'Three days of prayer for the Pope's health were ordered in all Rome churches yesterday when he suffered the heart attack which was to prove fatal, "Before the prayers could be taken up' by other Catholic churches throughout the world, the Pope had died.
Election of the 262d bishop of Rome, successor to Pope Pius XI, is expected to begin in fifteen days, five days later than usual (o permit Amnerican cardinals to participate in the voting. Whether the American ordinals go to Rome is a matter of their own choice, to be determined by considerations of health and duties in the United States—United Press.
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