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Nourishment is a factor which touches on the fundamental right to life.

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