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I don’t know if it is all (man’s fault) but the majority is, for the most part, it is man who continuously slaps down nature.

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Pope Francis
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: December 17
Chemist
Jesuit
Roman Catholic Priest
Theologian
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Buenos Aires
Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Francisco
Pope Francis I
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Jorge Bergoglio
Franciscus I
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