Light Over Rome
Photograph
Light Over Rome
1949
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Image: 9 7/16 × 6 1/2 in. (23.9 × 16.5 cm)
Paper: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0577
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label on verso, BC: 9/62 38) LIGHT OVER ROME: Pope John XII labors late in his Vatican \ study above the Bernini Colonnade to complete plans for the \ forthcoming Ecumenical Council, due to open October 11th. In \ St. Peter's Basilica, workmen are completing grandstand seats \ to accomodate more than 3000 members of the Roman Catholic \ ecclesiastical hierarchy. They will discuss the Catholic vision \ of 900 million Christians working together for peace. Protestant \ observers will also attend. \ Credit: David Seymour © 1962 MAGNUM Photos
