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There are the saints of every day, the 'hidden' saints, a sort of 'middle class of holiness'... to which we can all belong.

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Pope Francis
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: December 17
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Unrestrained liberalism only makes the strong stronger and the weak weaker and excludes the most excluded.
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Environmental degradation is one of the biggest challenges we have. I think a question that we're not asking ourselves is: 'Isn't humanity committing suicide with this indiscriminate and tyrannical use of nature?'
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Among us, who is above must be in service of the others. This doesn't mean we have to wash each other's feet every day, but we must help one another.
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Let us thank all those who teach in Catholic schools. Educating is an act of love it is like giving life.
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Christian hope is not a ghost and it does not deceive. It is a theological virtue and therefore, ultimately, a gift from God that cannot be reduced to optimism, which is only human. God does not mislead hope God cannot deny himself. God is all promise.
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We must learn from Mary, and we must imitate her unconditional readiness to receive Christ in her life.
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We all need to improve, to change for the better. Lent helps us fight against our faults.
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Many powerful people don't want peace, because they live off war.
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The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.
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