Religion: The Pope's Week

$2. Solicitous over Pope Pius XI's recent indisposition (TIME, July 7 et seq.), a Mrs. Margaret Browning of Manhattan wrote him a note and to it pinned a $2 bill. The letter: "Please accept this $2 bill as an offering for a mass, which Your Holiness will kindly celebrate for your health's sake." Last week His Holiness did as Mrs. Browning requested.

Health. Revealed last week were these excerpts from a recent colloquy between His Holiness and Justice Victor James Dowling of New York: His Holiness: "How do I look? Do I look well? ......

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