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A person's rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use.

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Pope John Paul II
Age: 84 †
Born: 1920
Born: May 18
Died: 2005
Died: April 2
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Karol Józef Wojtyła
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Karol Wojtyla
Johannes Paul II. Papst
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‏ papa Giovanni Paolo‏ II
pape Jean-Paul II
papież Jan Paweł II
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