Let us remember well, however, that whenever food is thrown out it is …

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Let us remember well, however, that whenever food is thrown out it is as if it were stolen from the table of the poor, from the hungry! ✨ Pope Francis (2016). Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion, p.31, Orbis Books
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Let us remember well, however, that whenever food is thrown out it is as if it were stolen from the table of the poor, from the hungry! ✨ Pope Francis (2016). Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion, p.31, Orbis Books

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