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Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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Pope Leo XIV arrives in Beirut in Lebanon, Nov. 30, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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Auction officer Jean-Pierre Osenat gestures as the long-lost painting “Crucifixion of Jesus Christ” by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens was sold at auction for 2,3 million euros or $2.66 million in Versailles, west of Paris, Nov. 30, 2025. (Credit: Michel Euler/AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV greets Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi at the Vatican on October 18, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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