Word: holinesse
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The snorting motor truck which took the news reels and movie projector to His Holiness was emblazoned with the Italian Coat of Arms and was the first vehicle so emblazoned to enter the Papal precincts since 1870. The estrangement between Pope and King which then began has now been so...
Because the Italo-Papal treaty had not yet been ratified, His Holiness had positively announced before entering St. Peter's that he would not appear upon the balcony to bless the kneelers. However 200,000 Italians shouting "Il Papa! Il Papa!" in the rain are a powerful inducement, especially...
As the ceremonials began there arrived as Dharmadhikari or High Priest the Pundit Vishnu Raghunath Karandikar, representing the Hindu Primate, His Holiness Jagadguru Shankaracharya, who was simultaneously understood to be offering potent prayers for the babe in India. Presently the Goddess of Destiny was invited to enter the birth chamber...
Such a prospect would not have appealed to many former Pontiffs, but the present Holy Father, Achille Ambrogio Damiano Ratti, was an agile athlete and a daring Alpinist in his cold youth. Though never a fancy skater or ski jumper, His Holiness was once an intrepid bobsledder and a skilled...
"Even if Waterloo was not won on the playing fields of Eton, every Englishman and every fair-minded foreigner will admit that the Great War was won on the football fields of the United Kingdom. Nothing strikes the foreigner more than your independence as citizens and even your cheek when...