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Show POPE BLESSES Iff iEIl PEOPLE Cardinals Farley, -O'Connell and Falconio Send Christmas Christ-mas Greetings to AIL By Leax Wire to Tho Tribune. ROME, Doc. 23. Tho pope today, through Cardinal Tarlcy. sent hia benediction bene-diction to the peopln of America. The message- was plven at a special OhrtelmaJi audience. In snndlruj the message home Cardinal Farloy liieliHUl hi? own hope that tho American people. rcgaitilCFS of the fact that they wo.ro Catholics or Proteatantu. inicht havi; 11 merry Christmas. Christ-mas. Curdinai Farley In preparing to pivo 11 farewell dinner nevt week to all the cardlnn.lt; in Rome. All- tho members of his party are in uood health. Cardinal Fa Iconlo today ?avo tho follow fol-low Christmas greeting- to the American Ameri-can people: "With profound affection I send a Christmas reetlnp to the. great American people. I cannot forget the many happy Christmas days 1 spent In America. The people thepj were always exceedingly kind. I shall pray to Cod that he shower the choicest blessings upon them. Especially a continuance, of that real liberty lib-erty which is found there shining- out lll a grand beacon to light th nations of the world. "I wish a merry Christmas and a happy New Your to all Americans, Catholics and nnii.T'-illtnlliX! " Cardinal O'Conncll sends tho following: "I sond most cordial Christmas greetings greet-ings to the American people. I wl?h thm alao a happy New Voar. 1 am le-ok-ilng forward to my return home on January Jan-uary 17 with tho keenest pleasure. I shall pray for tho prosperity of my own dear country. "There is compensation in tho fact thill, unable to b with that portion of our family at home. 1 am permitted to be In Rome. In the family of the holy father, the head of our churoh family, whli-h In lu.df Is a very real institution." |