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Pope Francis delivers his blessing at the end of a mass for the Congolese community he presided in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, July 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope, unable to go to Congo, embraces Congolese in Rome

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Francis holds the crucifix as he celebrates a Mass on the Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis urges Congo, South Sudan to work for peace, prosperity

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition March 9, 2020, in Washington. Musk will participate in a meeting with employees of Twitter on Thursday, June 16, 2022, as the billionaire and social media platform continue to try to push forward on their agreed-to $44 billion acquisition. Twitter confirmed on Tuesday that the meeting will take place, but did not provide any other details about it. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Musk meets pope, uses Twitter to announce the audience

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., looks at Pope Francis as he celebrates a Mass on the Solemnity of St. Peter and St. Paul, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pelosi takes Communion at the Vatican despite pro-abortion views

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Pope Francis presides over a mass celebrated by U.S. Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican for the participants into the World Meeting of Families in Rome, Saturday, June 25, 2022. The World Meeting of Families was created by Pope John Paul II in 1994 and celebrated every three years since then in different cities. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope hails families, blasts ‘culture of waste’ after Roe

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Pope Francis waves during the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, June 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Papal resignation rumors swirl in Rome as Francis endures health issues

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Pope Francis waves during the Regina Coeli noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, June 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis asks world leaders ‘do not lead humanity to ruin’ in Pentecost remarks

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Cardinal Angelo Sodano arrives for a meeting at the Vatican, Friday, March 8, 2013. Sodano, a once-powerful Italian prelate who long served as the Vatican's No. 2 official, has died on Friday, May 27, 2022. He was 94. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File) **FILE**

Angelo Sodano, once-powerful Vatican prelate, dies at 94

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Francis, left, reaches to embrace Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill after signing a joint declaration at the Jose Marti International airport in Havana, Cuba o Feb. 12, 2016. Pope Francis has sent a protocol greeting to the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, wishing him prayers on a feast day, as the Vatican insists on maintaining cordial relations amid mounting criticism of its stance from within the Catholic hierarchy. The website of the Moscow Patriarchate published the brief letter of greetings Francis sent Patriarch Kirill on his name day Tuesday to mark the feast of St. Cyril, a saint important to both Catholics and Orthodox. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)

Pope greets Russian patriarch, criticized for ‘naive’ policy

By Nicole Winfield and Monika Scislowska - Associated Press

Pope Francis is helped walking as he celebrates the canonization mass for ten new saints in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Sunday, May 15, 2022. Francis created ten new saints on Sunday, rallying from knee pain that has forced him to use a wheelchair to preside over the first canonization ceremony at the Vatican in over two years. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope names 10 new saints, including priest-journalist killed by Nazis and Indian convert

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Pope Francis in a wheelchair delivers his address during an audience with members of the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) in the Paul VI Hall at The Vatican, Friday, May 13, 2022. Pope Francis suffers from strained ligaments in his right knee. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope to visit Canada to apologize for Indigenous abuses

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

Pope Francis delivers his speech as he recites the Regina Coeli noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

God ‘does not disown’ LGBTQ people, Pope Francis says in handwritten letter to U.S. priest

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Pope Francis arrives in a wheelchair to attend an audience with nuns and religious superiors in the Paul VI Hall at The Vatican on May 5, 2022. Pope Francis may postpone a planned visit to Lebanon next month due to health reasons, Lebanese Minister of Tourism Walid Nassar said Monday, May 9, 2022. The pope is known to be suffering acute knee pain that has greatly curtailed his mobility in recent months. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) **FILE**

Health issues may ‘postpone’ Pope Francis’ June trip to Lebanon: Reports

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Pope Francis delivers his blessing during his weekly open-air general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope tells Japanese prime minister use, possession of nuclear weapons ‘inconceivable’

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Pope Francis delivers his message from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square during the Regina Coeli prayer at the Vatican, Sunday, May 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope seeks Putin meeting, warns Orthodox leader not to be president’s ‘altar boy’

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Pope Francis waves to faithful from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square to recite the Regina Coeli prayer at the Vatican, Sunday, May 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis says he suffers, weeps over ‘barbarically’ bombed Ukarinian port of Mariupol

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives at the Vatican to meet Pope Francis, Thursday, April 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Hungary’s Orban meets pope with Ukraine war as backdrop

By Nicole Winfield and Justin Spike - Associated Press

Pope Francis waves as he leaves his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis joins U.N. appeal for Orthodox Easter truce in Ukraine

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Pope Francis blesses the altar as he arrives to celebrate the Catholic Easter Sunday mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 17, 2022. For many Christians, this weekend marks the first time in three years they will gather in person to celebrate Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Francis warns Ukraine conflict could lead to nuclear war

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Pope Francis holds a Paschal candle as he presides over a Easter vigil ceremony at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, April 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Ukrainian mayor and lawmakers attend Vatican Easter vigil

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