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Are our lives truly filled with the presence of God? How many things take the place of God in my life each day?

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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
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Jorge Bergoglio
Franciscus I
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