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New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 191, 24 November 1876, Page 5

A touching reception took place in the Vatican on the 24th July, when the Holy father gave audience in the Loggie of Raphael to the old lady inmates of the charitable institution on the Janicula, founded and maintained by Prince TMonia. These old ladies, some of whom were over ninety years of age, were accompanied and literally sustained by the Daughters of Charity having charge of the institution. The Holy Father passed among them, talking to them, giving each his hand to kiss, exhorting them to patience and resignation, and, finally/ conferring upon them the Apostolic benediction.