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We need to be creative with young people. If they have no opportunities, they will get into drugs and be vulnerable to suicide.

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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
Francisco
Pope Francis I
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