FOR PRESS: P.M. 47/1963 - DEATH OF POPE JOHN - STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE RT. HON. SIR ROBERT MENZIES
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FOR PRESS P. M. 47/ 1963
DEATH OF POPE JOHN
Statement by the Prime Minister, the RtHon. Sir Robert
Me'. zies
The world has lost a most remarkable
mano He came to thie great office of Pope at an
unusually advanced age; yet in a few years he made an
immense impact upon the world and upon the contacts
between the Churches, He impressed everybody by his
noble simplicity and Clr-istian character. He was a
splendid servant of humnanity,.
CANBERRA, 29th May, 1963.
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