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Pope Leo XIV arrives to preside over Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2026 (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

Photos show Pope Leo’s first Easter Mass as pontiff

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Rightwing leader Marine Le Pen and Far-right party National Rally president Jordan Bardella answer journalists as they arrive to visit a market in La Fleche, western France on July. 8, 2026. (Credit: Michel Euler/AP.)

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Soldiers from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment storm the grounds of the Soldier Readiness Center to apprehend a mass shooter in Fort Hood, Texas, on Nov. 5, 2009. (Credit: David Morris/Killeen Daily Herald via AP/AP.)

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Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 in Hebron, Ky., as he departs for a rally in Lima, Ohio. (Credit: Samuel Corum/Pool Photo via AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV in Paul VI Hall on Oct. 7, 2026.

Pope opens tenth anniversary conference on predecessor’s controversial exhortation

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Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle

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Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Friday, Oct. 9, 2026 in Hebron, Ky., as he departs for a rally in Lima, Ohio. (Credit: Samuel Corum/Pool Photo via AP.)

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Europe goes to the polls — with the rightwing lurking