Pope's quotes: Culture of waste

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December 29, 2017

Pope's quotes:

A quote from Pope Francis:

"In the face of a culture of waste with an ideology of money, I believe that the great sickness is the sclerosis of the heart."

-- Address to Caritas Internationalis, Nov. 18, 2016

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