<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><OAI-PMH xmlns="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/OAI-PMH.xsd"><responseDate>2026-10-04T20:03:41Z</responseDate><request verb="GetRecord" metadataPrefix="oai_dc" identifier="oai:iarccum.org:doc/616">https://iarccum.org/oai/</request><GetRecord><record><header><identifier>oai:iarccum.org:doc/616</identifier><datestamp>2025-07-04T23:42:55Z</datestamp><setSpec>documents</setSpec></header><metadata><oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Last Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury</dc:title><dc:creator>Cardinal Désiré Mercier</dc:creator><dc:description>MALINES, Oct. 25, 1925 MY DEAR LORD, As soon as I received your letter of August 1st, I made a point of acknowledging it at once, but I found myself compelled to ask for some delay in order to examine its contents. This delay has been prolonged far beyond my expectations. Being accustomed, as you are, to the difficulties of a large administration, I trust you will excuse me and forgive this apparent carelessness. When I first read it, your letter caused me a certain uneasiness. I was not sure that I had grasped its inner meaning. The document was…</dc:description><dc:date>1925-10-25</dc:date><dc:type>Text</dc:type><dc:format>text/html</dc:format><dc:identifier>https://iarccum.org/doc/616</dc:identifier><dc:source>https://iarccum.org/doc/616</dc:source><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:relation>Malines Conversations : Letters &amp; correspondence</dc:relation><dc:relation>https://iarccum.org/doc/615</dc:relation><dc:relation>https://iarccum.org/doc/617</dc:relation></oai_dc:dc></metadata></record></GetRecord></OAI-PMH>