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In this Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020, file photo, Pope Francis exchanges gifts with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, during a private audience at the Vatican. Zelenskyy said during a video conference with the Italian parliament, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, that he has talked with Pope Francis earlier in the morning. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)

Pope Francis asked to mediate Russia-Ukraine war, Zelenskyy says following teleconference

By Mark A. Kellner and Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Pope Francis appears on a balcony of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, July 11, 2021, where he is recovering from intestinal surgery, for the traditional Sunday blessing and Angelus prayer. Pope Francis is 84 and had a part of his colon removed a week ago. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis makes first appearance since intestinal surgery

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Surrounded by shells of destroyed buildings people arrive to join Pope Francis who will pray for the victims of war at Hosh al-Bieaa Church Square, in Mosul, Iraq, once the de-facto capital of IS, Sunday, March 7, 2021. The long 2014-2017 war to drive IS out left ransacked homes and charred or pulverized buildings around the north of Iraq, all sites Francis visited on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The Latest: Pope meets father of drowned Syrian refugee boy

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Pope Francis, center, leaves Mar Youssef Church in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 6, 2021. Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shiite cleric delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence Saturday, urging Muslims in the war-weary Arab nation to embrace Iraq's long-beleaguered Christian minority during a historic meeting in the holy city of Najaf. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Where IS ruled, pope calls on Christians to forgive, rebuild

By NICOLE WINFIELD and SAMYA KULLAB - Associated Press

Pope Francis is flanked by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi upon his arrival at Baghdad's international airport, Iraq, Friday, March 5, 2021. Pope Francis heads to Iraq on Friday to urge the country's dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside the coronavirus pandemic and security concerns. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The Latest: Pope honors massacre victims at Baghdad church

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FILE - In this Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014 file photo, Pope Francis, right, hugs Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI prior to the start of a meeting with elderly faithful in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has marked the eighth anniversary of his historic resignation by insisting in an interview published in Corriere della Sera Monday, March 1, 2021, that he stepped down knowingly and that “there is only one pope” _ Francis. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Pope Benedict XVI defends resignation to ‘fanatic’ doubters

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In this Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021 file photo, people are reflected on a puddle as they walk in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican. The Vatican is taking Pope Francis’ pro-vaccine stance very seriously: Any Vatican employee who refuses to get a coronavirus shot without valid medical reason risks being fired.A Feb. 8 decree signed by the governor of the Vatican City State sparked heated debate Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 since its provisions go well beyond the generally voluntary nature of COVID-19 vaccinations in Italy and much of the rest of the world. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Anti-vax at the Vatican? You might lose your job

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Sister Nathalie Becquart poses for a photo during an interview with the Associated Press, in Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Pope Francis has named the French nun to a Vatican position that should give her a vote in any upcoming meeting of bishops, a small step forward in the long campaign of Catholic women to have a greater say in Catholic decision-making. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Nun named to voting position at Vatican praises ‘brave’ pope

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Pope Francis prays beneath the statue of the Virgin Mary on the occasion of Immaculate Conception day, at the Spanish Steps, in Rome, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Pope Francis paid a surprise visit to the statue early Tuesday after last week the Vatican announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic his annual pilgrimage to the statue in the center of Rome would be cancelled to avoid contagion due to gatherings. (Vatican News via AP)

Pope makes surprise early morning prayer visit in rainy Rome

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

The Atomic Bomb Dome is seen at dusk in Hiroshima, western Japan, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. The city of Hiroshima on Thursday, Aug. 6 marks the 75th anniversary of the world's first nuclear attack. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Pope on Hiroshima: Possession of nuclear weapons “immoral”

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Robert Morris fans run onto the court as the team celebrates following a 77-67 win over St. Francis in an NCAA college basketball game for the Northeast Conference men's tournament championship in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Robert Morris claims NEC crown topping Saint Francis (PA)

By CHRIS MUELLER - Associated Press

Deaf survivors of clerical sexual abuse from left, Ezequiel Villalonga, Daniel Oscar Sgardelis, and Claudia Labeguerie, answers reporter's questions at the Foreign Press Association in Rome, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. On Wednesday, they had a string of meetings with United Nations human rights officials in Geneva, hoping to build pressure on the Vatican, and Pope Francis himself, to come clean about the crimes committed against them, one year after Pope Francis' summit on clergy abuse. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Abuse survivors seek more progress 1 year after papal summit

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

In this Jan. 27, 2020 photo, anti-government protesters, who were injured during clashing with riot police, pose for a group picture after a check up with an ophthalmologist at a hospital in Beirut, Lebanon. The five pledged that they’ll be back in the streets soon. Such resolve signals that demands for sweeping government reforms won’t be squashed easily, even as security forces resort to more violent means of crowd control, such as rubber bullets. (AP Photo/A.J. Naddaff)

Bloodied but determined, Lebanese protesters take stock

By A.J. NADDAF - Associated Press

Pope Francis delivers the speech at the Atomic Bomb Hypocenter Park, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019, in Nagasaki, Japan. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The Latest: Pope’s message resonates with students

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Pope Francis, left, and his cousin, Sister Ana Rosa Sivori visit the Supreme Buddhist Patriarch at Was Ratchabophit Sathit Maha Simaram Temple, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019, in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The Latest: Pope again denounces ills of human trafficking

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In this Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, photo, Sister Sukanya Sukchai adjusts a newly made chasubles at Catholic preparatory school in Bangkok, Thailand. Seamstresses from the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Sisters of Bangkok are studiously snipping and sewing, fashioning robes for the upcoming visit of Pope Francis. They’ve been working tirelessly, running up the ceremonial garments Pope Francis will wear during his four-day visit to Thailand later this month. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Bespoke silk robes await Pope Francis on Thailand visit

By JERRY HARMER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2019, file photo, Pope Francis leaves after a Mass for the closing of Amazon Synod in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Germany’s Catholics reacted enthusiastically when bishops in the Amazon called for the ordination of married men as priests to address the clergy shortage in that region. But there is resistance elsewhere for the proposal that would overturn centuries of tradition, with the conservative Roman Catholic establishment making sure its voice is heard as Pope Francis prepares his own document on the issue. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)

Global debate gets underway over married Catholic priests

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER - Associated Press

Pope Francis appointed 13 cardinals at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday that he admires and whose sympathies align with his to become the Catholic Church's newest cardinals. (Associated Press)

Pope Francis gets help putting his stamp on Catholic Church from new cardinals

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

Pope Francis walks in procession on the occasion of the Amazon synod, at the Vatican, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. Pope Francis opened a three-week meeting on preserving the rainforest and ministering to its native people as he fended off attacks from conservatives who are opposed to his ecological agenda. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis seeks ‘courageous’ debate over Amazon priest shortage

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2015, file photo, Catholics offer prayers at an early morning Mass to pay respect to the victims of the atomic bombing at the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, southern Japan. The Vatican said Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, Pope Francis will visit Thailand and Japan on Nov. 19-26. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

The Latest: Nagasaki archbishop welcomes Francis’ visit

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