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ancianita

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14. He did.
Mon Apr 21, 2025, 01:12 PM
Apr 2025

To this day all those of the Franciscan Order live in poverty like St. Francis.

Francis was the first Jesuit pope, but more like the Franciscans in that he never lived in the papal palace or rode in the papal limo, but only lived in the nearby apartment and drove a used Ford Focus. He loved his enemies and has made sure that, more than any government, the Church is the biggest giver to the world's poor. Besides going to confession at least once a week, sometimes more, Francis went to every continent where Jesus' Church has sinned, fell down on his knees and repented as Jesus would expect.

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