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Pope John Paul II Quotes: Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.
         

Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.


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