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" We let ourselves be molded and transformed by Christ and continually pass from the side of one who destroys to that of the one who saves. "

Pope Benedict XVI

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" To me, its seems necessary to rediscover - and the energy to do so exists - that even the political and economic spheres need moral responsibility, a responsibility that is born in man's heart and, in the end, has to do with the presence or absence of God. "

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" I leave from where the apostle arrived. "

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