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"The church, inserted and active in human society and in history, does not exist in order to exercise political power or to govern the society"

- Claudio Hummes

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This quote is written / told by Claudio Hummes somewhere between August 8, 1934 and today. He/she was a famous author. The author also have 13 other quotes.

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