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Pope Francis in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba on Sep. 22, 2015. (Credit: Ramon Espinosa/AP.)

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Pope Francis in Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 26, 2019. (Credit: Pool Photo via AP.)

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Pope Francis is helped by his aide Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, right, as he arrives for the start of a public consistory to elevate 21 new cardinals, in St. Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Dec. 7, 2024. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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Pope Francis walks towards a newly planted oak tree during a tree-planting ceremony during the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology, at the Vatican, Oct. 4, 2019. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

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