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Each generation, as it seeks to advance the common good, must ask anew: 'What are the requirements that governments may reasonably impose upon citizens, and how far do they extend? By appeal to what authority can moral dilemmas be resolved?'

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Pope Benedict XVI
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: April 16
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