24. Scalabrini to Merry del Val²⁴

         Rome, March 29, 1905

Most Reverend Eminence,

I have your treasured letter of the 19th and I thank you very much.

            Your observations regarding the plan of a Congregation Pro emigratis catholicis seem to me wise and worthy of all consideration. I shall do as Your Eminence wishes. I cannot send you the new plan very soon because I am burdened with too much work, but I shall try to finish it at the earliest possible time.

            I cherish the opportunity of renewing my duty of veneration so that, kissing the Sacred Purple, I am

+ Gio. Battista, Bishop of Piacenza