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Pope Leo XIV presides over a Mass marking the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi at Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, June 7, 2026, on the second day of his seven-day apostolic visit to mainland Spain and the Canary Islands. (Credit: Manu Fernandez/AP.)

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Police tape blocks the door of the rectory of St. John the Baptist Church in Fort Calhoun, Nebraska. (Credit: Josh Funk/AP.)

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View of Freetown, Sierra Leone, April 28, 2024. (Credit: Misper Apawu/AP.)

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In this undated photo provided by The Leaven shows Rev. Arul Carasala, a pastor at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Seneca, Kan., who was fatally shot Thursday, April 3, 2025. (Credit: The Leaven via AP.)

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Kachin Independence Army fighters walk in a jungle path from Mu Du front line to Hpalap outpost in an area controlled by the Kachin rebels in northern Kachin state, Myanmar, March 17, 2018. (Credit: Esther Htusan/AP.)

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Father Paul Tatu Mothobi. (Credit: SACBC.)

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