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A view of the Papal Palace in Castel Gandolfo, around 15 miles southeast of Rome May 29, 2021. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV arrives at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, for a six-week vacation, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV resumes tradition and arrives Castel Gandolfo for vacation to restore ‘body and spirit’

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Officials comb through the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (Credit: Julio Cortez/AP.)

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Lipa Archbishop Gilbert Garcera greets Pope Leo XIV during the pontiff’s first general audience, May 21, 2025. (Credit: Vatican News screenshot via CBCP News.)

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Cameroon President Paul Biya delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Boulouris National Cemetery in Boulouris-sur-Mer, south eastern France, Aug. 15, 2024. (Credit: Christophe Simon/Pool via AP.)

Catholic leaders in Cameroon call on President Biya to not seek re-election

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Pope Leo XIV arrives at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, for a six-week vacation, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

Pope Leo XIV resumes tradition and arrives Castel Gandolfo for vacation to restore ‘body and spirit’

Jul 7
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Officials comb through the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area Saturday, July 5, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (Credit: Julio Cortez/AP.)

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