Children greet pope on anniversary A little girl kneels to ***** homage to Pope Pius XII as other Sman children wait in line to make gift to him in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of his into the Priesthood. April 2. The ceremony was held in the belvedere courtyard of Vatican City, April ,1 when 50,000 Roman children gathered in Homage to the holy father. They heard the Pope pronounce his blessing on "All the children of the world," made gifts to him including a portable altar in a brown leather Suit-***** an album registering gifts totaling 7,000,000 lire (12,000 dollars) collected by Roman children towards new Vatican radio. April 19, 1949. (Photo by Associated Press)