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Mother’s hope for new auxiliary bishop is he ‘stays close to Jesus’

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Joe Ruff and Barb Umberger

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Volunteers clean the vandalized statue of the Virgin Mary, which has been covered with a white sheet, on Apparition Hill in Medjugorje, Bosnia, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (Credit: AP Photo/AP.)

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Volunteers clean the vandalized statue of the Virgin Mary, which has been covered with a white sheet, on Apparition Hill in Medjugorje, Bosnia, Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (Credit: AP Photo/AP.)

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