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Pope Leo XIV receives the letters of credential of Brian F. Burch as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See during an audience Sept. 13, 2025, in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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Brian Burch speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination for to be Ambassador to The Holy See, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV receives the letters of credential of Brian F. Burch as U.S. ambassador to the Holy See during an audience Sept. 13, 2025, in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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Brian Burch speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination for to be Ambassador to The Holy See, Tuesday, April 8, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV appears at the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican where Catholic faithful and pilgrims gathered for the traditional Sunday blessing at the end of the noon Angelus prayer, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. (Credit: Riccardo De Luca/AP.)

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Residents look at a damaged apartment complex that neighbors say was hit during U.S. strikes to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (Credit: Matias Delacroix/AP.)

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