Do not be fooled by those who see you as just another consumer in a ma…

Pope Benedict XVI
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Do not be fooled by those who see you as just another consumer in a market of undifferentiated possibilities, where choice itself becomes the good, novelty usurps beauty, and subjective experience displaces truth. ✨ Pope Benedict XVI (2014). The Garden of God, p.24, CUA Press
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Do not be fooled by those who see you as just another consumer in a market of undifferentiated possibilities, where choice itself becomes the good, novelty usurps beauty, and subjective experience displaces truth. ✨ Pope Benedict XVI (2014). The Garden of God, p.24, CUA Press

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