SummaryInterior of church: six boys and five girls standing in front of altar; altar is decorated with six candles in candlesticks, two candelabras, and four floral bouquets; canopy over altar with inscription: "In finem dilexit eos;" suspended altar lamp over altar and stained glass window on each side of altar. Caption: "Children pray for pontiff--As the world cast an anxious eye toward Rome, children of St. James Pro-Cathedral [Jay Street and Cathedral Place] offer prayers for the recovery of Pope Pius XII. Inscription above altar states: 'He loved them to the very end'."
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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