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xviii any other occupation whatsoever, are recollected in prayer in union with the one who holds the beads in his hand.” Again, our Holy Father, Pope Pius IX., declared, Dec. 29, 1861, that “the indulgences attached to the recital of prayers can be gained by saying the prayers in any language whatever, provided that the translations be faithful. To be sure of the fidelity of these translations, it is enough to have a declaration to this effect from the Sacred Congregation of Indulgences, through the Most Em. and Most Rev. Card. Prefect, or from one of the Ordinaries of the place into the language of which the prayer has been translated.” The same Sacred Congregation declared Sept. 18, 1862, that “it is not necessary that the prayers prescribed for the gaining of indulgences, whether plenary or partial, should be said kneeling, unless it be otherwise prescribed in the act of concession.” Lastly, deaf-mutes, being unable to say the prayers prescribed for the gaining of holy indulgences attached to them, must visit the church (if this condition be prescribed), raising their minds and hearts to God. If the prayers are said in public, it will be enough for them to be present with the rest of the faithful, and raise their minds and hearts to God. With regard to the private recital of the same prayers, their own confessors may substitute for them some external work of piety, according to a decision of the same Sacred Congregation, Feb. 16, 1852. confirmed by the Sovereign Pontiff, Pius IX., in an audience, on the 15th of March, in the same year.