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Show POPE PIUS IN BAD HEALTH FAINTS CELEBRATING MASS Home, Juno 19. The pope had another an-other fainting spell this1 morning after af-ter the mass he celebrated In honor ot the feat day ot Corpus Domini. He rallied quickly upon reaching his private pri-vate quarters In the Vatican, .but the condition of his health is causing grave anxiety. Although the members ot his holiness' holi-ness' entourage are strictly 'forbidden to mention, the subject of hU illness or to Bpread rumors of an alarming nature, It Is known they fear he may die buddenly of heart trouble. The debilitating effect of the warm weather has accentuated the symptoms symp-toms ot depression and cardiac weakness, weak-ness, which Pope Plus has beon exhibiting ex-hibiting for a considerable time. The sisters of his holiness, to whom he is devotedly attached, apparently fear the worst, for they havo taken up parlors In a modest flat In the Piazza Rue Stuccl, very close to the Vatican, and are In constant telephonic communication com-munication with the .pope's physicians. Ho has always In previous Illnesses forbidden his near relatives to take alarm or visit him, but this time he has consented. Dr. Petaccl advised Pope Pitts to have his relatives near him, preferably In the Vatican Itself. He has not yet consented to this, "but It Is believed ho will. The International News Service correspondent learns tho pope's Illness Ill-ness Is fiom an advanced case ot ar-terlo ar-terlo sclerosis (a hardening and thick-enlg thick-enlg ot the walls ot the arteries) duo tc senile decay. Also he has the gout. |