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Show POPE LEO XIII AND CHINA. The following letter of His Holiness ! Leo XIII., concerning, recent events in China, will be interesting. "Your Eminence: Besides filling our soul with deep grief because of the shedding of so much human blood, the cruel events that are occurring in China make us tremble with anxiety for the I fate of the vicariates apostolic as well as for the missionaries and Christians exposed to the severest trials and even to the sacrifice of their lives. "That divine clemency may propitiously propiti-ously incline toward these unfortunates and avert the disaster dreaded by all, the college of the Propaganda and other religious Roman communities j have offered prayers in common since the first evil news. "As danger and suffering are on the increase, we consider it timely and necessary ne-cessary that our city should participate more actively in these prayers. "Consequently, Your Eminence, it is our heartfelt desire that you remind all communities of the necessity of offering offer-ing humble prayer to the Most High that He may inspire all with thoughts of harmony and peace and may be pleased to end all ruin and massacre. "And to increase the efficacy of these prayers in behalf of our distant brethren, breth-ren, we impart to all from the depths of our heart the apostolic benediction. "LEO PP., XIII." |