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Youth sleep on a lawn near the Apostolic Nunciature as they wait to get a glimpse of Pope Francis as he is driven past in Panama City, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. Francis will celebrate a special penitential Mass Friday for Panama's juvenile delinquents inside the Central American country's main youth lockup in Pacora. (AP Photo/Tito Herrera)

The Latest: 11 youth offenders freed after papal encounter

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Pope Francis waves to faithful flanked by Panama's President Juan Carlos Varela and first lady Lorena Castillo at entrance of the presidential palace in Panama City, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. Francis opens his first full day Thursday with a visit to the presidential palace and ending with his evening welcoming young Catholics who have gathered in Panama for World Youth Day. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

The Latest: Pope criticizes those who build walls, sow fear

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Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, the UAE Minister of Tolerance gives an interview to The Associated Press, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. As the UAE prepares to host Pope Francis Feb. 3-5, the country’s minister of tolerance says the first-ever papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula will contribute to building bridges in a region riven by political and sectarian divisions. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

AP Interview: UAE sees pope’s visit as way to build bridges

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Pope Francis waves to the crowd gathered to attend the Angelus noon prayer he recited from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. Pope Francis has prayed for peace in Colombia after the Bogota bombing at a police academy. Francis told the faithful in St. Peter's Square Sunday that he wanted to assure the Colombian people of his closeness after the &quot;grave terrorist attack&quot; on Jan. 17 that claimed 21 lives. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ** FILE **

Amid wall debate, Pope Francis says fear of migration makes us crazy

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis boards an airplane on his way to Panama, at Rome's Fiumicino international airport, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. History's first Latin American pope is the son of Italian immigrants to Argentina and is expected to offer words of hope to young people gathered in Panama for World Youth Day. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The Latest: Pope touches down in Panama, meets first couple

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In this picture dated Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, French Dominican bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Oran, northwestern Algeria, Jean-Paul Vesco, conducts a spiritual vigil at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Mary ahead of the monks' and 12 other clergymen's beatification in the first ceremony of its kind in a Muslim nation. Seven French monks were kidnapped and killed by a radical group at the height of the insurgency in 1996. (AP Photo/Anis Belghoul)

Catholic monks killed in Algeria’s civil war are beatified

By AOMAR OUALI - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 12, 2012 file photo, a Lion Air passenger jet is parked on the tarmac at Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, Indonesia. Indonesia's Lion Air said Monday, Oct. 29, 2018, it has lost contact with a passenger jet flying from Jakarta to an island off Sumatra. (AP Photo/Trisnadi, File)

The Latest: Searchers recover remains, debris

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Pope Francis poses for a group photo with bishops and partecipants during the last day of the synod of bishops, at the Vatican, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018. (Fabio Frustaci/ANSA via AP)

Vatican meeting endorses women at decision-making table

By TRISHA THOMAS and NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Illustration on Pope Francis at a time of church crisis by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Pope Francis must acknowledge that he presides over Catholic Church in a time of unparalleled crisis

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

Pope Francis, center, arrives for a canonization ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. Pope Francis canonizes two of the most important and contested figures of the 20th-century Catholic Church, declaring Pope Paul VI and the martyred Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero as models of saintliness for the faithful today. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The Latest: New saint gives Salvadorans ‘happiest day’

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In this Oct. 3. 2018 photo, pigeons fly in front of a mural of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, located on a wall of the Metropolitan Cathedral in San Salvador, El Salvador. Romero who was killed in 1980 by a right wing will death squad during mass, will be canonized in Rome by Pope Francis on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Salvador Melendez)

In El Salvador, slain archbishop long seen as saint

By MARCOS ALEMAN - Associated Press

Pope Francis delivers his message during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. Pope Francis on Wednesday urged Chinese Catholics to overcome past divisions and open a new phase of faith following a landmark agreement over bishop nominations aimed at ending decades of estrangement between the Vatican and Beijing that had split the church. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Accuser denounces Pope Francis’ silence over abuse cover-up claims

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis urges Chinese Catholics to trust, reconcile after deal

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid, right, welcomes Pope Francis as he arrives at the Kadriorg Presidential Palace in Tallinn, Estonia, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. Pope Francis concludes his four-day tour of the Baltics visiting Estonia. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

The Latest: Pope says church judged unfairly on sex abuse

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People wait for the arrival of Pope Francis to celebrate mass, at the Santakos Park, in Kaunas, Lithuania, Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

The Latest: Pope visits ex-KGB headquarters in Lithuania

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Pope Francis boards his airplane on the occasion of his trip to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia at Rome's Fiumicino International Airport, Saturday, Sept.22, 2018. Pope Francis heads to Europe's northeastern peripheries this weekend to celebrate the faith in three Baltic countries amid renewed alarm about Russia's intentions in the region it twice occupied. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

The Latest: Pope quips “I am the devil” next to John Paul

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Argentina: Key points in study of pedophile priest Grassi

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Pope Francis delivers his speech during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican , Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

The Latest: West Virginia AG plans review of allegations

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Pope Francis recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2018. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis approves investigation into U.S. bishop accused of sexual harassment

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, delivers remarks at the USCCB's annual fall meeting in Baltimore, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Priest arrested in diocese of U.S. cardinal leading pope visit

By Nomaan Merchant - Associated Press