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Join us for a discussion by author, Ruth D. Nelson, on Our Lady of the World's Fair which reveals the remarkable story of how two of New York's most influential leaders, Robert Moses and Francis Cardinal Spellman, persuaded the Vatican to allow one of the world's greatest works of art to leave Europe for the first and only time.

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Join us for a discussion by author, Ruth D. Nelson, on Our Lady of the World's Fair which reveals the remarkable story of how...

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