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Erika Kirk speaks during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025 on Dec. 18, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Credit: Jon Cherry/AP.)

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Bishop Richard Moth speaks during a press conference announcing him as the new Archbishop of Westminster, replacing Cardinal Vincent Nichols as the leader of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, in the Throne Room of Archbishop's House, Westminster, London, Friday Dec. 19, 2025. (Credit: Jonathan Brady/PA via AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV leaves St. Peter's Square at the end of the last Jubilee audience, at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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Erika Kirk during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025 on Dec. 18 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Credit: Jon Cherry/AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV leaves St. Peter's Square at the end of the last Jubilee audience, at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of San Carlos, president of Caritas Philippines. (Credit: Diocesan Social Communications Ministry-San Carlos.)

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Erika Kirk during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025 on Dec. 18 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Credit: Jon Cherry/AP.)

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This undated photo provided by the Anglican Diocese of the Upper Midwest in December 2025 shows Bishop Stewart Ruch III. (Credit: Anglican Diocese of the Upper Midwest via AP.)

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