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Pope Leo XIV, with Monsignor Leonardo Sapienza, walks out of the Vatican's Synod Hall on May 10, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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Pope Leo XIV recites the Angelus from from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican on May 11, 2025. (Credit: Elise Ann Allen/Crux.)

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Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle speaks at a post-conclave press conference along with two other Filipino cardinal electors at the Pontificio Collegio Filippino in Rome, May 9, 2025. (Credit: Roy Lagarde/CBCP News.)

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