Here and on radio and television now the meaning of the Commonwealth Club of california, a place where youre in the know, is adjourned. [applause] [inaudible conversations] otb continues with someone. The relation between pope pius the 11th and italian dictator Benito Mussolini, both obtained power in 1922. This is about an hour. [applause] thank you. Its a pleasure to be here. The book was published a few days ago and its great to have you here to help launch it. Id like to begin. Some of you are more failed millionaire than others here the prologue of the book, even though the scene comes when the end near the end of the story, but popes last days. The pope is not in his office. His ailing, elderly. He begs god to give him a few more days to live. He has something he needs to say and realizes he has very little time left on the earth. For years, the pope had been in good health, known as the robust mountaineer pope as the young priest climbed many high alpine peaks. He was known as i
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Gave it the privileged position as there are religion of the land. This was a big occasion the tenth anniversary. All of the bishops were summoned and mussolinis own representatives with a bear. The kings son would either. The world would be watching. It was a speech that the pope saw as his last opportunity to get out a dramatic message. The killy rots a. I dont know how to work this. One button which doesnt seem to do anything. Im just going to show you a couple of images to illustrate. That is what we are trying to do but i dont want to keep you there. This shows you get an idea of the last 10 days of his his life when he looked like it if you go to the next image here you see both as a younger man. At the time they both came to power in 1922 which is the beginning of my story. Benito mussolinmussolin i is a 39yearold, a rabblerouser. Through an extortion he had come to power just a few months after the pub came to power. The dictator came to depend on the pope and vice versa and th
Pius xi and italian dictator Benito Mussolini who both obtained power in 192. This is about an hour. Well, thank you, it is a pleasure to be here. The book was just publish ad few days ago and great to have you here to help milan much it. The, let us begin by setting the scene. Some of you are more familiar with this than other the. Its a scene i use in the prologue of the book to help set it up even though the scene comes near the end of the story, the popes last days. The pope is found in his office. He is ailing, he is elderly, he is infirmed. He begs god to give him a few more days to live. He has something he needs to say and realizes he has very little time left on the earth. For years the pope had been in good health, known as the robust, mountaineer pope as a young priest, climbed many high alpine peeks. He was known as i am peer just, as demanding while scholarly and devout. He insisted on knowing every detail of everything going on in the vatican and making all the decisions
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