What does hell on earth mean?

hell on earth

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.78 in modern English

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"Pope Francis (2015), Laudato si', Paragraph 148: “if the limitations of the environment are compensated for in the interior of each person who feels held within a network of solidarity and belonging, ... any place can turn from being a hell on earth into the setting for a dignified life.”"

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