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Father Nigel Barrett, a spokesman for the Catholic Archdiocese of Mumbai, told India Real Time that the election of the new pope would encourage Catholics in India to take a more proactive stance on social justice.
India is home to 400 million poor according to the World Bank.
“He seems to be a man of simplicity and poverty and a man who stands up for justice,” Father Barrett said.
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