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His Holiness Pope Francis:

Why the only future worth building

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A single individual is enough for hope to exist, and that individual can be you, says His Holiness
Pope Francis in this searing TED Talk delivered directly from Vatican City. In a hopeful message to
people of all faiths, to those who have power as well as those who don't, the spiritual leader

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 provides illuminating commentary on the world as we currently find it and calls for equality,
solidarity and tenderness to prevail. "Let us help each other, all together, to remember that the
'other' is not a statistic, or a number," he says. "We all need each other."

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His Holiness Pope Francis

Bishop of Rome

Pope Francis is the Bishop of Rome and the head of the Roman Catholic Church. Full bio

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