Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the card…

Pope Benedict XVI
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Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord. ✨ Remarks from balcony at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 19 Apr. 2005
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Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord. ✨ Remarks from balcony at St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, 19 Apr. 2005

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