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When we do not adore God, we adore something else. Money and power are false idols which often take the place of God.

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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
Money
Else
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Power
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Idols
Something
Adore
False
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