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(Madrid, 1914 —- Rome, 1994)
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Consumerism

In a get-together with many thousands of people in Madrid in 1993, Bishop Alvaro del Portillo stressed the importance of living the virtue of poverty and learning how to say "no" to ourselves.

March 26, 2014
  • Poverty
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