1972 Press Photo Vatican allowed immodestly dressed persons to enter St. Peter's

The Vatican allowed immodestly dressed persons to enter St. Peter's Basilica, but only if they agreed to wear black and white plastic raincoats issued by at tendandts. The move, in effect, ended a ban imposed one year ago on men and women wearing scanty garb. By noon Vatican sources said about 500 persons, most of them women, had put on the raincoats in order to visit the world's largest catholic Church. Person borrowing the raincoats were saked to donate cash for upkeep and maintenance of St. Peter's. The donation is about 25 cents. The plastic garments looked some what like ponchos, covering the shoulders are fallins to knee length for person of average height. The Vatican last august imposed a ban on persons. judged immodestly or indecently dressed and assigned a nun named Sister Fiorella (little Flower) to guard against anyone trying to go inside dress in miniskirts,shorts, see-through blouses, low cut sweaters and shit-pan combinations which left the midriff bars. But Sister Fiorella was relieved a few weeks later., The Vatican said she was suffering from nervous exhaustion.

Photo measures 7.25 x 9.5 inches.

Photo is dated 8-1-1972.



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