"None but men." Such is the rule concerning the servants of the Pope's household. But in 1886 one Teodolinda Banfi became housekeeper for Pope Leo XIII, remained under Pius X, Benedict XV, Pius XL Retired last week by age (65*), placed in a steam-heated modern apartment across from the Vatican, she wept with loneliness, refused luxury in Milan, saying, "He may need my services again." Opportunism. The past week produced loud Episcopal dissent from the Roman Catholic satisfaction over its annulment of the marriage of the Duke of Marlborough to Consuelo Vanderbilt...
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