When His Holiness Pope Pius XI observed last Easter much more quietly than heretofore (TIME, April 13), the U. S. Catholic press was at pains to soft-pedal the fact that the Holy Father's health had anything to do with it. Last week, however, the Vatican household felt vastly relieved when at 6:30 o'clock one evening three automobiles rolled away bearing the 79-year-old Pontiff and a small retinue to Castel Gandolfo, the papal summer snuggery in the cool Alban Hills. Leaving the muggy Vatican a month earlier than usual, Pius XI planned to remain...
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