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That the different Christian confessions, aware of the need for a new evangelisation in this period of profound transformations, may be committed to announcing the Good News and moving towards the full unity of all Christians in order to offer a more credible testimony of the Gospel.

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