Word: basilicas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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That same evening, viewers in Great Britain, Italy, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and Switzerland also saw a 50-minute program telecast from the Vatican, including views of St. Peter's, of Michelangelo's Pietà in the basilica and of the Raphael rooms in the Vatican Museum. The show concluded in the Hall of the Consistory (where few viewers would ordinarily be permitted in person) for a brief address by the Pope in five languages...
...first general audience since recovering from his 57-day siege with a stomach ailment, Pope Pius XII, borne into St. Peter's Basilica on his portable throne, was greeted by thousands of schoolchildren who cheered him for ten solid minutes. Earlier last week Vatican officials again dismissed the rumor that the Pope plans to retire to a monastery because of failing health. For the first time, however, they reportedly admitted that he had despondently considered relinquishing some of his duties last February when his sickness was gravest...
...presumptuous of him to wish to build on the Grand Canal." Letter writers to the London Times denounced the Wright invasion as "a piece of inexcusable vandalism." Mrs. Marie Truxtun Beale, a wealthy U.S. socialite, who helped raise more than $125,000 for repairs to St. Mark's Basilica, wrote Venetian Mayor Angelo Spanio: "Defend you city. If you allow this, I will regret having done anything...
Pius entered the basilica, under a velvet and damask canopy, while the choir sang the triumphant Tu es Petrus. Then, with members of a Catholic Action youth group, he recited the prayer he wrote for the Marian Year: "Enraptured by the splendor of your heavenly beauty, and impelled by the anxieties of the world, we cast ourselves into your arms, O Immaculate Mother of Jesus . . . Bend tenderly over our aching wounds. Convert the wicked, dry the tears of the afflicted and oppressed, comfort the poor and humble, quench hatreds, sweeten harshness, safeguard the flower of purity in youth, protect...
...proceedings are similar at the Vatican. There are several categories of audiences: private, for VIPs; special, for groups of six to a dozen; baciamano (literally, kiss-the-hand), for groups from two dozen to a hundred; general, for groups in the thousands (sometimes held in St. Peter's Basilica). This year, the Pope has seen a total of 700,000 people. Total for the Holy Year of 1950 with its great mass audiences in St. Peter's Square: close...