...obliging things contained " in the letter which you have •' taken the trouble to write to me. " The peace between the French " republic and your holiness has " just been signed. I congratulate " myself on having contributed to " your private trän (uiliiiy. *' 1 pf-'у your holiness...

...twenty" second year of our Pontificate. (Signed) " Pius, P. VI." A Bonaparte replied : " Head-Quarters at Tolentino, 1st Ventose, 5th year. " Most Holy Father,...hostile to France, and who are solely actuated by those B " baneful passions which cause the ruin of States. " All Europe knows the pacific inclinations and...