Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. The Vatican on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, sought to tamp down an uproar that erupted after Pope Francis praised Russia’s imperialist past during a video conference with Russian Catholic youths, insisting that he never intended to encourage modern-day Russian aggression in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
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