Why did Giovanni Battista Montini return to Rome from Warsaw in 1923?

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Pope Paul VI stands behind microphones with both arms raised, wearing white papal robes and glasses, during a public appearance in Geneva. — St. Paul VI In 1968 Pope Paul VI appeared in Geneva to address the International Labour Organization on the 50th anniversary of its founding.

Giovanni Battista Montini, who later became St. Paul VI, returned to Rome from Warsaw in 1923 due to persistent ill health.1

He had been assigned to the staff of the apostolic nunciature in May of that year, but his health issues necessitated his return before the year concluded. Following his return, he resumed his work at the Vatican Secretariat of State and pursued further studies at the Ecclesiastical Academy.1