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HER EXCELLENCY
ADRIENNE CLARKSON
GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF CANADA
OTTAWA
MOST GRATEFUL FOR THE WARM WELCOME WHICH CANADA HAS GIVEN ME ON THE OCCASION OF THE SEVENTEENTH WORLD YOUTH DAY AND THANKFUL FOR THE COURTESIES EXTENDED TO ME IN YOUR DELIGHTFUL COUNTRY, I RENEW TO YOUR EXCELLENCY THE ASSURANCE OF MY PRAYERS THAT ALL CANADIANS, ESPECIALLY THE NATION’S TALENTED AND LIVELY YOUNG PEOPLE, WILL DRAW EVER GREATER STRENGTH FROM THEIR SPIRITUAL HERITAGE AND MAY THUS BE IN THE FOREFRONT OF EFFORTS TO RESPECT, DEFEND AND PROMOTE THE RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL AND OF ALL PEOPLES.
IOANNES PAULUS PP. II
[Original text: English]
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THE HONORABLE
GEORGE W. BUSH
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
HAVING CELEBRATED THE SEVENTEENTH WORLD YOUTH DAY IN TORONTO AND NOW FLYING OVER THE UNITED STATES ON MY WAY TO GUATEMALA I SEND CORDIAL GREETINGS TO YOU AND TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. I PRAY THAT ALMIGHTY GOD WILL CONTINUE TO BLESS THE NATION ABUNDANTLY SO THAT IT MAY DRAW EVER GREATER STRENGTH AND COURAGE FROM ITS SPIRITUAL HERITAGE AS IT WORKS TO ENSURE TRUE JUSTICE, PEACE AND WELL-BEING BOTH WITHIN ITS OWN BORDERS AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
IOANNES PAULUS PP. II
[Original text: English]
