"We're very proud of the jury, and with the judgement, " said David Stang, the murdered nun's brother, who travelled from Colorado Springs to attend.

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"There is no doubt that there will be a new spring for the church, a renewal" with this pope, said Sister Emma, an Argentine nun in the crowd.

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"Being hand-written would have made it rare and valuable even when it was new, so it is not a surprise to find it shows signs of marks from the copper clasps which held its chains when it was in the nun's library, " he said.

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