1972 Press Photo Pope Paul Vi holds a Madonna with Child made of stone, Italy

Pope Paul Vi holds a Madonna with Child made of stone, Italy. Wearing a miner's cap, Pope Paul VI holds a Madonna with Child made of fragments of stone that was presented to him by miners who attended the midnight Christmas Mass the pontiff celebrated at a railway construction site in Ponzano, Italy.

Photo is dated 1972.

Photo measures 8 x 9.25 inches.