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Show Pope Blesses 150,000 Pious, Retires Fatigued but Joyous VATICAN CITT, Marsh' t (Ar Pep Plus nffered a brief parted af shortness) at breath today and wnl back to bed. Bis eeadttloa, after ahart fast, waa described aa "aonnal." VATICAN CITY, March M (AP) Pop Plus XI, fatigued but' Joyous over hla part in Eaiter observance In which ha blessed 130,000 persona jammed into St, Peter's square, rested mora than usual today to-day after his first public appearance since he was stricken by serious illness. A heart injection waa administered admin-istered during the night, while nurses remained aa duty la the papal chambers until morning. The aged pope rested oa urgent orders from hla phyaioiaa, Dr. Amint MilaaL Morale Battered As was the ease after the pontiff" Christmas broadcast, tha 111 effects of his exertion seemed practically counterbalanced by tha good effect oa his morale produced by the knowledge he waa able to go through yesterday'a services without with-out faltering. Appearing on the balcony af St. Patera, the holy father bestowed his blessing on the great throngs massed la the square below and reassured re-assured the Catholic world he still la active head of the Raman Catholic Cath-olic church. Before his outdoor appearance,, the pope, moved by the homage of thousands in St. Peter's cathedral, took, part la tha pontifical Easter mass, the most brilliant since the holy year af 1221-24. The. mass, attended by XT cardinals, cardi-nals, was celebrated by the daan af the sacred college. Cardinal Ptgna-tellt Ptgna-tellt dl Delmonte. A Bote of sadness waa detected In the cheer for the holy father as many prelates and nuna feared this might be the last Easter their revered re-vered holy father, weakened by i long Illness, would be alive. |