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Let us all remember this: one cannot proclaim the Gospel of Jesus without the tangible witness of one's life.

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Pope Francis
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: December 17
Chemist
Jesuit
Roman Catholic Priest
Theologian
Writer
Flores
Buenos Aires
Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Francisco
Pope Francis I
Pope Francis
Jorge Bergoglio
Franciscus I
Cannot
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Without
Life
Proclaim
Tangible
Gospel
Witness
Jesus

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