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When you lose the capacity to dream, you lose the capacity to love, and the energy to love is lost.

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Pope Francis
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: December 17
Chemist
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Roman Catholic Priest
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Jorge Mario Bergoglio
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Pope Francis I
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Jorge Bergoglio
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The root of this possibility of doing good - that we all have - is in creation.
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