Definitely feeble nowadays, Pope Pius XI has lately been variously described as suffering from dropsy, uremia, Bright's disease, asthma, poor metabolism, heaviness of limb. Last week a prelate in private audience with the Holy Father made reference to newspaper accounts of his health. As put into English by a United Pressman in Rome, the Pope's sporting reply was:
''It seems that the earthly informants know more than the Principle News-Maker, God, who so far has not 'tipped' us when our earthly days are nearing an end. Needless to say, we are ready for...
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