THE POPE VISITS ROME GAOL Prisoners in the Regina Coeli gaol kneel outside their cell doors and applaud as Pope John XXIII passes. The Pope spent about ah hour and a half in the gaol, visiting the infirmary and one wing of the stone prison. This was the first time since 1870 that a Pope had visited the prison.
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28783, 2 January 1959, Page 3
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59THE POPE VISITS ROME GAOL Prisoners in the Regina Coeli gaol kneel outside their cell doors and applaud as Pope John XXIII passes. The Pope spent about ah hour and a half in the gaol, visiting the infirmary and one wing of the stone prison. This was the first time since 1870 that a Pope had visited the prison. Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28783, 2 January 1959, Page 3
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