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Human self-understanding changes with time, and so also human consciousness deepens.

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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
Understanding
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Human
Humans
Self
Time
Deepens
Changes
Consciousness

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