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Let us leave a spare place at our table: a place for those who lack the basics, who are alone.

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Pope Francis
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: December 17
Chemist
Jesuit
Roman Catholic Priest
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Buenos Aires
Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Francisco
Pope Francis I
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Jorge Bergoglio
Franciscus I
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