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Pope Francis leaves after celebrating a Corpus Domini Mass, inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, June 14, 2020. (Tiziana Fabi/Pool Photo via AP)

Pope ends use of pesticides in Vatican gardens

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2016 file photo, Gustavo Zanchetta, bishop of Oran, participates in negotiations with border workers, in Oran, Salta, Argentina. An Argentine bishop close to Pope Francis has gone back to work at the Holy See’s financial administration office while under investigation in his native Argentina and at the Vatican for alleged sexual abuse. The Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni, confirmed Archbishop Gustavo Zanchetta had resumed work at the APSA patrimony office but said it in no way interferes with the investigations. He said Zanchetta remains at the disposition of Argentine judicial authorities. (AP Photo/Javier Corbalan, File)

Argentine bishop resumes work as Vatican abuse probe wraps

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Pope names St Louis archbishop to replace retiring Carlson

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Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, May 31, 2020. Francis celebrates a Pentecost Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, albeit without members of the public in attendance. He will then go to his studio window to recite his blessing at noon to the crowds below. The Vatican says police will ensure the faithful gathered in the piazza keep an appropriate distance apart. (Remo Casilli/Pool Photo via AP)

Pope Francis sends strong message to U.S. Catholics after George Floyd’s death

By Nicole Winfield and Elana Schor - Associated Press

Pope Francis celebrates Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, May 31, 2020. Francis celebrates a Pentecost Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, albeit without members of the public in attendance. He will then go to his studio window to recite his blessing at noon to the crowds below. The Vatican says police will ensure the faithful gathered in the piazza keep an appropriate distance apart. (Remo Casilli/Pool Photo via AP)

Pope: Pull together, avoid pessimism in this coronavirus era

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Pope Francis waves as he leaves after a rosary in Vatican gardens Saturday, May 30, 2020. Pope Francis is reciting a special prayer for the end of the coronavirus pandemic surrounded by a representative sampling of people on the front lines in his biggest post-lockdown gathering to date. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, pool)

Pope presides over virus prayer in hint normalcy returning

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Illustration on sexual abuse coverups in the Catholic church by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Democrats: Don’t repeat the mistakes of the Catholic Church with Tara Reade

By Sean M. Salai

Pope Francis delivers his blessing from the window of his studio overlooking an empty St. Peter's Square, due to anti-coronavirus lockdown measures, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope urges virus lockdown obedience amid church-state debate

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Pope Francis presides over a Mass in the Santo Spirito in Sassia church, in Rome, Sunday, April 19, 2020. The Pope celebrated the Sunday mass in the Church of Santo Spirito in Sassia, calling also to stop inequalities because, he said: &quot;We are all frail, all equal, all precious. May we be profoundly shaken by what is happening all around us: the time has come to eliminate inequalities, to heal the injustice that is undermining the health of the entire human family.” (Vatican News via AP)

Pope dreams of post-virus world where inequalities abolished

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Pope Francis presides over a solemn Easter vigil ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica empty of the faithful following Italy’s ban on gatherings to contain coronavirus contagion, at the Vatican, Saturday, April 11, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (Remo Casilli/Pool Photo via AP)

Pope: Easter gives hope in our ‘darkest hour,’ despite fear

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Pope Francis lies down in prayer prior to celebrate Mass for the Passion of Christ, at St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 10, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, Pool)

Doctors, nurses in Good Friday procession at Vatican

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Pope Francis attends a Mass for Holy Thursday, inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, April 9, 2020. Francis celebrated the Holy Week Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, which was largely empty of faithful because of restrictions aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (Alessandro Di Meo/Pool Photo via AP)

Pope hails priests, health workers as ‘the saints next door’

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Pope Francis celebrates Palm Sunday Mass behind closed doors in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2020, during the lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus. (AP Photo/pool/Alberto Pizzoli)

U.S. Catholics wary of panel that will study idea of women as deacons

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

Pope Francis celebrates Palm Sunday Mass behind closed doors in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2020, during the lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus. (AP Photo/pool/Alberto Pizzoli)

Pope Francis creates new expert commission to study women deacons

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

A man walks by Bernini's colonnade in St. Peter's Square during Pope Francis' weekly general audience, streamed by the Vatican television due to restrictions to contain the Covid-19 virus, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 1, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Palm Sunday services held without public; some on rooftops

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Pope Francis celebrates Mass at his Santa Marta residence, at the Vatican, Friday, March 27, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (Vatican News via AP)

Pope prays for ‘fragile’ humanity needing help in pandemic

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Selfies sent by parishioners lie on the benches of the Robbiano church as Masses for the faithful have been suspended following Italy's coronavirus emergency, in Giussano, northern Italy, Sunday, March 15, 2020. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some, it can cause more severe illness, especially in older adults and people with existing health problems. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Pope goes on Roman walkabout, prays for end to pandemic

By FRANCES D'EMILIO - Associated Press

Police officers wearing masks patrol an empty St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Pope Francis held his weekly general audience in the privacy of his library as the Vatican implemented Italy’s drastic coronavirus lockdown measures, barring the general public from St. Peter’s Square and taking precautions to limit the spread of infections in the tiny city state.For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Virus lockdown hits Vatican as pope livestreams audience

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Pope Francis coughs as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, March 1, 2020. A coughing Pope Francis told pilgrims gathered for the traditional Sunday blessing that he is canceling his participation at a week-long spiritual retreat in the Roman countryside because of a cold. It is the first time in his seven-year papacy that he has missed the spiritual exercises that he initiated early in his pontificate to mark the start of each Lenten season. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis addresses pilgrims from window amid illness

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In this picture taken Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, Pope Francis wipes his nose during the Ash Wednesday Mass opening Lent, the forty-day period of abstinence and deprivation for Christians before Holy Week and Easter, inside the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome. Pope Francis is sick and skipped a planned Mass with Rome clergy across town on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, officials said. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Coughing pope cancels participating in Lenten retreat

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