The Holy Father said: We might give without further addition that paternal apostolic blessing which you, as the good sons that you are, so fully desire and have so amply deserved. However, we are now almost on the eve, not only of Christmas, but also of another anniversary to which we are asked to devote a thought and an allusion which seem necessary, that is, the eve of the tenth anniversary of the conciliation; moreover we have before us an audience which could not be more opportune, that is, more intelligent, more enlightened and answering better in a word to a subject so important in itself and rendered even more
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