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Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, poses for the photos with Palestinian parishioners after leading a mass ahead of Christmas celebrations at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP.)

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In Lebanon, a search for medicine and a stranger’s help

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An Army soldier and local residents look at a damaged portion of a mosque after a bomb exploded in Kohat, in northwestern Pakistan, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

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Rescuers carry a survivor from a passenger ferry overturned in bad weather in the Java Sea on a stretcher upon arrival at a port in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026. AP Photo/Iman Satria

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Pope Leo XIV meets with participants of a conference organized by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints and the Dicastery's Commission for New Martyrs in the Vatican on Sep. 16, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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A person takes a picture of a portrait of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Regensburg, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022. (Credit: Armin Weigl/dpa via AP.)

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In this photo provided by WESMINCOM Armed Forces of the Philippines, a soldier views the site inside a Roman Catholic cathedral in Jolo, the capital of Sulu province in the southern Philippines after two bombs exploded Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019. (Credit: WESMINCOM Armed Forces of the Philippines Via AP.)

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The Basilica of Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre in Paris, France. (Credit: Wikimedia.)

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Anglican interreligious gaffe could create backlash against Pakistani Christians, says former Anglican bishop