Archbishop Spellman Chats With U.S Soldiers In Italy - The most Reverend Francis J. Spellman of New York (left), chats with a group of U.S soldiers at an American Hospital in Italy. The Archbishop is visiting U.S. soldiers and Catholic chaplains overseas in his capacity as the Chaplain Bishop of U.S armed forces, and had audiences with Pope Pius XII in the Vatican. August 23, 1944. (Photo by U.S. Office of War Information Picture).