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Despite the slowness, the infidelity, the errors and sins it committed and might still commit against its members, the Church, trust me, has no other meaning and goal but to live and witness Jesus.

Despite the slowness, the infidelity, the errors and sins it committed and might still commit against its members, the Church, trust me, has no other meaning and goal but to live and witness Jesus.

Approximate author period: c. 1980 AD · modern

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Pope Francis
Attribution: attributed
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1980 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1936 to 2025; Wikidata Q450675, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q450675 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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