“Let us turn our backs on power and treachery.”

—  Pope Francis

As Reported by Vatican Insider, August 11, 2016 http://www.lastampa.it/2016/11/08/vaticaninsider/eng/the-vatican/pope-let-us-turn-our-backs-on-power-and-treachery-FkcClnspuyJ3TVX9NFgBmI/pagina.html
2010s, 2016

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