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Monsignor Battista Ricca

Pope Francis meets with President Donald Trump on the occasion of their private audience, at the Vatican on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP, Pool.)

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Pope Francis. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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