PRISONER AT THE VATICAN.
The Pope, who is ninety-three, is probably the oldest prisoner in the world. He refuses to enter Italian territory as a protest against the annexation of the Papal States 'by Italy, andl since the Vatican is set in the anidist of sudh territory* like an island in the ocean, he is bound to live and 1 die -within 1 the boundaries which enclose the Vatican grounds. At one time'dt was hoped that the present Pontiff would frankly acknowledge that the temporal power of the Holy See ihadi gone for ever, but tradition proved' too strong for Mm* and the King of Italy and the head of tie Catholic Church are stilly nominally, at daggers drawn.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7727, 10 June 1903, Page 2
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119PRISONER AT THE VATICAN. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7727, 10 June 1903, Page 2
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