a Vatican spokesman came out with a corrective<\/a>: people who know about the Catholic church can\u2019t be saved if they refuse to enter it or remain in it.<\/p>\nIt just proves again that we aren\u2019t just dealing with people, but also with systems. Even the most powerful and influential Christian in the world, the pope, is subject to a system called the church.<\/p>\n
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