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SUPER RARE: Pope Paul VI blesses the firefighters

POPE PAUL VI,FIREFIGHTERS

Guilio Broglio | AP Archive

Aleteia Image Department - published on 08/21/17

Photo of the Day: August 21, 2017

Firemen perch on 90-foot aerial ladders in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, March 8, 1964, as crowds gathered to receive a blessing from Pope Paul VI. The pope appears at the window of his apartment on the top floor of the Papal Residence.

Photograph by Giulio Broglio for the AP

POPE PAUL VI,FIREFIGHTERS
Guilio Broglio | AP Archive

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