I believe that when there is a lack of work, a family is suffering, a child is suffering, and when the elderly have no dignity, that is when society is suffering.
— Pope Francis Contemporary

Current Pope, reformist

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Interview with La Vanguardia

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2014

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Shocking

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https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/interviews/2014/documents/papa-franc…

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