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"Costruire un mondo che rifletta qualcosa della bellezza divina":  con questo invito, rivolto in particolare ai giovani, il Papa si è congedato dalla Repubblica Ceca nel pomeriggio di lunedì 28 settembre. All'aeroporto di Praga il Pontefice, salutato dal presidente Václav Klaus, ha pronunciato in inglese il discorso che pubblichiamo qui di seguito.

Pane prezidente,
páni kardinálové,
bratri v biskupské sluzbe,
Vase Excelence,
dámy a pánové!
Ve chvíli slavnostního rozloucení vám chci vyjádrit své podekování za stedrou pohostinnost, které se mi dostalo behem krátkého pobytu v této nádherné zemi.
I am especially grateful to you, Mr President, for your words and for the time spent at your residence. On this feast of Saint Wenceslaus, your country's guardian and patron, allow me once again to offer you my sincere good wishes for your name-day. As today is also the name-day of Bishop Václav Malý, I offer my greetings to him too, and I wish to thank him for all his hard work in coordinating the arrangements for my pastoral visit to the Czech Republic. To Cardinal Vlk, Archbishop Graubner, and all who did so much to ensure the smooth unfolding of the series of meetings and celebrations, I am deeply grateful. Naturally I include in my thanks the public authorities, the media, the many volunteers who helped to direct the crowds, and all the faithful who have been praying that this visit might bear fruit for the good of the Czech nation and for the Church in the region.

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