"The new pope is a very humble man, " said the Rev.

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The longtime archbishop of Buenos Aires is the son of middle-class Italian immigrants and is known as a humble man who denied himself the luxuries that previous Buenos Aires cardinals enjoyed.

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Pope Francis is a very humble man, the son of a train worker.

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He will try to oblige the humble applicants, like the man with fourteen children, who wants the keeping of a park at Windsor and a post in the administration of the castle.

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Pope Francis has been known for years as a humble man who denied himself the luxuries that previous Buenos Aires cardinals enjoyed.

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Even with all the success to date, Mask is still a very humble man.

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"John Sheardown remained a very humble man, always willing to stay in the shadow of others, and the people of Windsor remain extremely proud of his diplomatic intervention and career accomplishments, " read a proclamation that declared November 10, 2012, "John Sheardown Day" in the city of Windsor, in Ontario, Canada.

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His neighbors in the small town of Newton and relatives remembered Poland as a gentle man, a humble man, a man of faith.

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The writer, Tom Verducci, never got to interview this intensely private, but genuinely generous and humble man, who still takes intense pleasure in occasionally coaching various pitchers today.

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Marshall said Lewis was a humble man who loved vegetable gardening, opera and musicals, and wrote on a manual typewriter until the day he died.

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