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We are impatient, anxious to see the whole picture, but God lets us see things slowly, quietly.

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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
Anxious
Slowly
Picture
Whole
Things
Impatient
Quietly
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