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Christian love is loving without counting the cost. This is the lesson of the Good Samaritan this is the lesson of Jesus.

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Pope Francis
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: December 17
Chemist
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Jorge Mario Bergoglio
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Pope Francis I
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