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Nigeria’s president declares emergency and beefs up forces following abductions

A man with his wife and two of his brides walk, during mass Easter weddings for 3,000 people, some polygamous, at the International Pentecost Holiness Church in Heidelberg, east of Johannesburg, South Africa, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (Credit: Themba Hadebe/AP.)

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Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez delivers his speech during a mass on the sixth of nine days of mourning for late Pope Francis, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, May 1, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, August 6, 2025. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV on the papal plane, Nov. 27, 2025. (Credit: Elise Allen/Crux.)

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Police and government officials gather at St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School where gunmen on Friday abducted children and staff in Papiri community, Nigeria, Tuesday, Nov.25, 2025. (Credit: Yunusa Umar/AP.)

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Pope lands in Turkey with call to build bridges in polarized, conflicted world

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Pope Leo XIV at Esenboga International Airport in Ankara, Turkey, on Nov. 11, 2025. (Credit: Khalil Hamra/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV arrives in Turkey for his first papal trip abroad

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Pope Leo XIV on the papal plane, Nov. 27, 2025. (Credit: Elise Allen/Crux.)

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