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Pope Benedict XVI state visit: Final day: Oscott College speeches and departure; Cardinal O'Brien farewell address continues SOT- Major events followed in England, both temporal and spiritual, allowing you to engage with our fellow Catholics, our Christian brothers and sisters, with civil society, and all people of goodwill. At the heart of your pilgrimage was the beatification of Cardinal Newman. We are happy to acknowledge the Scottish links of the new Blessed John Henry Newman – coming to Abbotsford in the Scottish Borders for relaxation and prayer and celebrating Mass on the occasions of his visits wearing the vestments which had been brought to my Chapel in Edinburgh for you to see as a reminder of these Scottish links. From your first encyclical letter 'Deus Caritas Est', your words have always been given detailed attention and careful study not only by the Catholic faithful but by peoples of all faiths and none. As Chief Teacher of our Faith we thank you for the guidance and inspiration you offer us. Your words to us; at Bellahouston Park, Twickenham, Westminster, Hyde Park, at the Beatification, and here in Birmingham will be studied and used to fortify us all in the faith passed on to us through the ages by the apostles and delivered over these four wonderful days by the successor of Peter.Already in Scotland we are speaking about the Benedict bounce, any time we have been disheartened in the past, be assured Holy Father that we are indeed bouncing back, not that we have ever been shy of handing the faith on and proclaiming the Christian message. You have reassured us, reassured our people, that Christianity is indeed well, alive and strong in our countries. And so I ask God, on behalf of our bishops gathered here, to bless and strengthen you in your apostolic ministry, aware as we are of the legacy of your visit and of the power of your teaching here in our midst, thank you Holy Father.Cardinal O'Brien and Pope Benedict shaking hands