Citizens of liberated Rome crowd. Square of St. Peter's to hear Pope Pius XII.
Citizens of liberated Rome crowd. Square of St. Peter's to hear Pope Pius XII. Hundreds of thousands of Romans gather in the square in front of St. Peter's Cathedral to hear Pope Pius XII on June 5, 1944, the day after the Italian capital was liberated from German control by Allied troops. The Pontiff, who spoke from the balcony of St. Peter's (not shown) spoke from the balcony of St. Peter's Cathedral ...



