SUPER RARE: Pope Paul VI blesses the firefighters

Photo of the Day: August 21, 2017

Firemen perch on 90-foot aerial ladders in St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City, March 8, 1964, as crowds gathered to receive a blessing from Pope Paul VI. The pope appears at the window of his apartment on the top floor of the Papal Residence.

Photograph by Giulio Broglio for the AP