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Our world has grown weary of greed, exploitation and division, of the tedium of false idols and piecemeal responses, and the pain of false promises.

Pope Benedict XVI

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Pope Benedict XVI
Age: 97
Born: 1927
Born: April 16
Philosopher
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Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger
Pope Benedict XVI
Josef Ratzinger
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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Joseph Alois Ratzinger
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