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all,^[1] Venerable Brothers; to each and all of whom, as well as to Our beloved children, the clergy and faithful of your churches, as a pledge of Our special good-will and as an earnest of the protection of heaven, We lovingly impart the Apostolic Benediction.

1. 3 Cor. xiii. 13.