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Pope Leo XIV on the papal plane from Equatorial Guinea to Rome on April 23, 2026. (Credit: Elise Ann Allen/Crux Now.)

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The Apostolic Nuncio to Lebanon Archbishop Paolo Borgia, center, poses with residents next to a crucifix sent by Italy to replace one that was defaced last week by an Israeli soldier in the Christian village of Debel, south Lebanon, Wednesday, April 22, 2026. (Credit: Houssam Naddaf via AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV, with the Archbishop of Bamenda, Andrew Nkea Fuanya, left, frees a white dove at the end of a meeting for peace at Saint Joseph's Cathedral in Bamenda, Cameroon, with the local community Thursday, April 16, 2026, on the fourth day of his 11-day pastoral visit to Africa. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

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