My family background was deeply Christian.
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After the war, prompted by the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, I entered Parliament so that a priest could speak out for the poor, as canon law at that time still permitted.
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The question I asked Georges has now become a general one - You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers.
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Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.
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Those seven years in the cloister were the key to my life.
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