Word: giuseppina
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With the conclave rapidly disbanding and the Vatican returnin to normal life, the Holy Father went to the luxurious apartment which he had occupied as Secretary of State and which had been considered his "cell" (given the number 13) during his conclave. He telephoned his sisters Elizabella and Giuseppina told them his election gave them his blessing. He visited a devoted friend who had been ill during the conclave-Francesco Cardinal Marchetti-Selvaggini. the ailing Prince raised himself to bow, murmering: "Holy Father. . . ." But the Pope said: "Ah, not for tonight. . . . Let me still be your Eugenio to my Francesco...
...heartrending tour. In Melfi, soldiers and workmen had been working like mad trying to extricate pretty 20-year-old Giuseppina Bocheppi, pinned under a building, starving but still alive, moaning for help. Just as the royal car entered the village another wall collapsed, killed Giuseppina and one of her rescuers. King Vittorio Emanuele, who had stood helplessly wringing his hands before a similar scene in another village an hour before, burst into tears...