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Imagine, to become a priest there are eight years of study and preparation, and then if after a while you can't do it, you can ask for a dispensation, you leave, and everything is OK.

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Pope Francis
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: December 17
Chemist
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Jorge Mario Bergoglio
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Pope Francis I
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