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cover of Hope the Autobiography of Pope Francis shown in print next to braille books and the Xavier Society logo"><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=800 style='width:600.0pt'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:3.75pt 0in 3.75pt 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td width=800 valign=top style='width:600.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td style='padding:3.75pt 15.0pt 3.75pt 15.0pt'><p style='margin:0in;line-height:16.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Greetings Suzanne, </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:16.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><br></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>We hope you all had a nice Memorial Day Weekend. We wanted to share some very special news with you: <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Hope: The Autobiography </span></em>of Pope Francis is now available (free-of-charge) in hard copy braille and electronic BRF! Pope Francis originally intended this exceptional memoir to appear only after his death, but the needs of our times and the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope moved him to make this precious legacy available sooner. Now, the book stands as his testament; the spiritual, faith-filled, as well as moral, social, and civic legacy that he envisioned and left for the benefit of all the men and women of the world.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:16.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:16.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Hope </span></em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>is the first autobiography in history ever to be published by a Pope! Written over six years, this complete autobiography starts in the early years of the twentieth century, with Pope Francis\u2019s Italian roots and his ancestors\u2019 courageous migration to Latin America, continuing through his childhood, the enthusiasms and preoccupations of his youth, his vocation, adult life, and the whole of his papacy up to the present day.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:16.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:16.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>In recounting his memories with intimate narrative force (not forgetting his own personal passions), Pope Francis deals unsparingly with some of the crucial moments of his papacy and writes candidly, fearlessly, and prophetically about some of the most important and controversial questions of our present times: war and peace (including the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East), migration, environmental crisis, social policy, the position of women, sexuality, technological developments, the future of the Church and of religion in general.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:16.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:16.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Hope</span></em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> includes a wealth of revelations, anecdotes, and illuminating thoughts. It is a thrilling and very human memoir, moving and sometimes funny, which represents the \u201cstory of a life\u201d and, at the same time, a touching moral and spiritual testament that will fascinate readers throughout the world and will be Pope Francis\u2019s legacy of hope for future generations.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:16.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:16.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>Like all of our braille books, <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>Hope </span></em>is for clients to keep and provided free-of-charge. If you are interested in receiving this in hard copy braille (4 volumes) or electronic BRF for your braille display, get in touch by replying to this email. You can also call us at 800-637-9193 or 212-473-7800. We look forward to serving you!</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:16.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;line-height:16.5pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><strong><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>P.S. 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