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...frailest, most tired men in the world last week was Pope Pius XII, ailing for more than a month, unable for most of that time to take solid food. From his sickroom came a 2,200-word papal message on the danger of apathy in a world challenged by Communism...
Ignoring all advice that he must not overtax his strength, Pius XII had written the long message in his own hand...
...Just for Fun 1. Admiral Hyman George Rickover 2. Chief Justice Earl Ickover 3. Pope Pius XII 4. Harry Dexter White
...began with what the Vatican paper, L'Osservatore Romano, called "a slight indisposition." Pius XII, close to his 78th birthday (March 2), had been afflicted with an attack of hiccups, at first sporadic, then almost incessant and accompanied by a slight fever. But he carried on through his normal day: rising at about 6, saying Mass, and working until near 2 in the morning...
...Worn and wilted by a week-long attack of sporadic hiccups, Pope Pius XII canceled all audiences and spent most of his days sitting miserably in an armchair in the Vatican Palace...