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   POPE BIDS FAREWELL TO AUTHORITIES OF CASTELGANDOLFO   
      
   VATICAN CITY, 27 SEP 2010 (VIS) - Today in the Apostolic Palace of   
   Castelgandolfo, Benedict XVI made his traditional farewells to the local civil   
   and religious authorities prior to returning to the Vatican later this week.   
      
   The Pope greeted Marcello Semeraro of Albano and the priests and religious   
   accompanying him, and thanked the mayor of Castelgandolfo and the town   
   authorities. He likewise expressed his gratitude to members of the Vatican   
   Governorate, the Gendarmerie and the Swiss Guard, as well as to the police and   
   the Italian air force.   
      
   "As I leave you", he told them, "I would like you to ponder on the figure of   
   St. Vincent de Paul, whose feast day falls today. This apostle of charity, so   
   dear to Christian people and known especially through the orders of nuns he   
   founded, was proclaimed by Pope Leo XIII as 'universal patron of all works of   
   charity all over the world'".   
      
   The Holy Father concluded: "With his unceasing apostolic activity, he made the   
   Gospel an increasingly bright beacon of hope and love for the men and women of   
   his time, especially for the poorest in body and in spirit. May his virtuous   
   example and his intercession arouse in your communities, and in each one of   
   you, a renewed commitment to solidarity so that all our efforts may come   
   together in building the common good".   
   .../VIS 20100927 (240)   
      
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