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Concealing or denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding without bandaging it.

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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
Wound
Allowing
Wounds
Evil
Keep
Armenians
Without
Concealing
Like
Denying
Bleeding

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