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PUBLIC WILL WITNESS CORONATION ON
--‘11* DUKE GP NORFOLK TO ATTEND AS
AMBASSADOR
B.B.C. DECIDES TO BROADCAST
THE DUKE OP NORFOLK ENTIRE CEREMONY
POPE PIUS XII WILL BE PUBLICLY. CROWNED ON THE BALCONY OF ST. PETER'S AFTER SINGING HIGH MASS IN THE BASILICA AT NOON ON SUNDAY.
The Coronation ceremony will be broadcast from all Regional stations from approximately 8.45 a.m. to 1.0 p.m.
The Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal, and Premier Duke of England, has been appointed Special Ambassador of Great Britain to the Holy See for the Coronation.
He said: " The great priest of God who now becomes Head of the Catholic Church will win the admiration and the filial affection of the 350,000,000 Christian souls who look to him as their Father and Shepherd."
Below, our Roman Correspondent describes the scene in the Sistine Chapel when the Pope delivered his first, momentous, pronouncement to the world.
The Pope, who has chosen Opus Justitiae Pax (the work of Justice is Peace) as his motto, made this speech an earnest invitation to peace. B.B.C. BROADCAST The text of this speech, together, with a life of the new Pope, excerpts from his two famous addresses at the Budapest American Relay from Congress last year, and special articles on different aspects of his career, appear in a Special Supplement issued with this week's Downside
CATHOLIC HERALD.
The Pope, as Bishop of Rome, will proceed from the Vatican to take solemn possession of his Cathedral church, St. John. Lateran, on Sunday, March 19. After saying Mass in his Cathedral the Pope wilt bless the crowds in the square from the outside balcony.
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