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A society which abandons children and the elderly severs its roots and darkens its future.

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Pope Francis
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: December 17
Chemist
Jesuit
Roman Catholic Priest
Theologian
Writer
Flores
Buenos Aires
Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Francisco
Pope Francis I
Pope Francis
Jorge Bergoglio
Franciscus I
Darkens
Abandons
Elderly
Abandon
Roots
Society
Future
Children
Severs

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