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A view of the frescoed vaults of the cloister of the Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Credit: Domenico Stinellis/AP.)

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Iceland’s parliament representatives hold a session at the Althingi in Reykjavik, Jan. 8, 2010. (Credit: Brynjar Gauti/AP.)

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Cesar Chavez, a farm worker, labor organizer and leader of the California grape strike, is seen in a California works office in 1965. (Credit: George Brich/AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV at his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on March 11, 2026. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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The Supreme Court is photographed, Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington. (Credit: Rahmat Gul/AP.)

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Bishop Jennifer Nagel, of the Minneapolis Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, speaks to reporters outside the federal courthouse in St. Paul, Minn., on Friday, March 20, 2026, after a federal judge ruled that clergy will be allowed to minister to immigrants in a holding facility at the headquarters of the Trump administration's enforcement surge in Minnesota. (Credit: Steve Karnowski/AP.)

Federal judge grants injunction allowing clergy visits at Minneapolis ICE holding facility

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Yolanda Flores, leader of the Aymara people in Peru, speaks during a press conference for the launch of a Mining Divestment Platform, at the Vatican, Friday, March 20, 2026. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.)

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