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You are priests, not social or political leaders. Let us not be under the illusion that we are serving the Gospel through an exaggerated interest in the wide field of temporal problems.

Pope John Paul II

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Pope John Paul II
Age: 84 †
Born: 1920
Born: May 18
Died: 2005
Died: April 2
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