Illustration titled 'Their Only Hope is Rain'. The Illustration depicts Pope Pius X and Cardinal Merry del Val attempting to put out a fire labelled "Revolt Against the Vatican throughout Southern Europe" with bellows labelled "Intolerance" and "Infallibility". Rain clouds labelled "The Diplomacy of Leo" approach from the right, beneath the spirit of Pope Leo XIII. Dated 20th Century

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