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FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2019 file photo, Pope Francis attends a feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology, at the Vatican. Pope Francis will mark the fifth anniversary of his ecological manifesto by visiting a southern Italian region where decades of toxic-waste dumping by the mob have polluted the environment and sickened its people. The diocese of Acerra announced Francis’ May 24 visit on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope to visit Malta on May 31 in first foreign trip of 2020

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FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2019 file photo, Pope Francis attends a feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology, at the Vatican. Pope Francis will mark the fifth anniversary of his ecological manifesto by visiting a southern Italian region where decades of toxic-waste dumping by the mob have polluted the environment and sickened its people. The diocese of Acerra announced Francis’ May 24 visit on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope to visit Italian region poisoned by toxic waste dumping

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Pope Francis caresses a baby during his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope’s Amazon document due Wednesday amid married priest row

By NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press

Pope defrocks founder of another Latin America-based order

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Pope Francis caresses a baby during his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope, with eye to Argentine debt, urges financial solidarity

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Pope Francis talks with Papal Household Archbishop Georg Gaenswein during his weekly general audience, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican seeks to explain absence of aide after book scandal

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Abu Dhabi marks interfaith effort a year after Pope’s visit

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Fabiola Yanez, partner of Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez, smiles during a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican, Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. (Remo Casilli/Pool Photo via AP)

Pope chats at Vatican with president of Argentine homeland

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President of the Republic of Iraq Barham Salih is received by Pope Francis in a private audience at The Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis, Pool)

Vatican urges visiting Iraqi president to protect Christians

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen walk past Vatican Swiss Guards as they arrive at the San Damaso courtyard at the Vatican ahead of their private audience with Pope Francis, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Mike Pence meets Pope Francis at the Vatican

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Vatican orders sex abuse investigation of Brooklyn bishop

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Pope Francis delivers a blessing from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square during the Angelus noon prayer at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope: Populism is fertile ground to foment anti-Semitism

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Pope Francis greets a group of nuns during his weekly general audience, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis names 1st woman manager in Vatican Secretariat of State

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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (right) has broken his silence to reaffirm the value of priestly celibacy, co-authoring a book at the moment that Pope Francis is weighing whether to allow married men to be ordained to address the Catholic priest shortage. (Associated Press)

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI reaffirms need for celibacy in priesthood in new book

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

In this June 28, 2017, file photo, Pope Francis, left, and Pope Benedict XVI, meet each other on the occasion of the elevation of five new cardinals at the Vatican. Retired Pope Benedict XVI has broken his silence to reaffirm the value of priestly celibacy, co-authoring a bombshell book at the precise moment that Pope Francis is weighing whether to allow married men to be ordained to address the Catholic priest shortage. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool photo via AP, File) **FILE**

Vatican tamps down clamor over Benedict’s new celibacy book

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Pope Francis delivers his message during an audience with members of the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See during the traditional exchange of New Year greetings at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. (Remo Casilli/Pool photo Via AP)

Pope warns of risks from US-Iran tensions in policy speech

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Pope Francis salutes the faithful at the end of his weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

“Don’t bite!” Pope negotiates papal kiss after controversy

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Pope Francis attends his weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope prays for Australians, expresses solidarity amid fires

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Pope Francis holds up the book of Gospels as he celebrates an Epiphany Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope: Reject “god of money,” focus on serving others

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Pope Francis presides over the funeral service for late Cardinal Prosper Grech, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope: Governments must ensure all have access to health care

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