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If money and material things become the center of our lives, they seize us and make us slaves.

Pope Francis

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Pope Francis
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: December 17
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Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Francisco
Pope Francis I
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Jorge Bergoglio
Franciscus I
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