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  • Address Of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI To The Members Of The Diplomatic Corps

    01/15/2011 4:44:37 AM PST · by ConservativeStLouisGuy
    Vatican Website ^ | January 10, 2011 | Pope Benedict XVI
     Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,I am pleased to welcome you, the distinguished representatives of so many countries, to this meeting which each year assembles you around the Successor of Peter. It is a deeply significant meeting, since it is a sign and illustration of the place of the Church and of the Holy See in the international community. I offer my greetings and cordial good wishes to each of you, and particularly to those who have come for the first time. I am grateful to you for the commitment and interest with which, in the exercise of your demanding...