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Show POPE COMFORTS POLISHJUTIl Dawn of Resurrection for the Country Is Finally Breaking. ROME, Friday; Nov. S. Pope Benedict ha written an apostolic letter to Dr. A. Kakowaki, archbishop of Warilaw,. in which he says that in" the grave period through which Europe is passing he cannot can-not resist the impulse to show his affection af-fection for the Polish nation with words of comfort and hope. History, he adds, lias written in golden letters what Christianity Chris-tianity and European civilization owe to Poland, but also records how badly she has been rewarded. After centuries of repression, continues the pontiff, Poland lives as ever. He recalls re-calls the attachment of the church to Poland Po-land in the nation's darkest days, as well as at the zenith of her . glory. Pope Clemen XIV energetically protested to the powers against the dismemberment of Poland, -as did several of his successors. succes-sors. Documents in the archives of the Vatican relating to Poland, to be published pub-lished soon, says the pontiff, will show the almost indescribable martyrdom of the polish nation. "But, thanks to God," lie adds, '"dawn of resurrection for Poland is finally breaking. We raise our most ardent prayers that soon, having regained full independence, she may continue her history his-tory as a civilized Christian nation.. "Contemporaneously, we wish that all other nationalities, even non-Catholic, once subject to Russia may decide their own fate, developing and prospering in their confidence and love for Poland." |