The Archive · 1939

Last Picture Received of the Pope

His Holiness the Pope, who died on February 10, is here shown in the latest picture to be received in Shanghai of him carry out some of his duties.

The picture was taken at the New Year ceremony of the Pontifical Academy. He is shown tening to the speech o} if one of the members of the academy.

The day was also the sixtieth an versary of the Pope's ordination as a priest. While taking part in this ceremony His Holiness caught a severe cold, which caused some alarm for his life.

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

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