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Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu blesses a woman during a gospel music festival in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Jan. 29, 2023. (OSV News photo/Luc Gnago, Reuters)

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Pope Francis washes the foot of a prison inmate during the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper at Rome's Casal del Marmo prison for minors March 28, 2013. (CNS/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)

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Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education, speaks to Catholic News Service for an interview at the Vatican Feb. 14, 2025. (CNS/Robert Duncan)

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Cardinal Pietro Parolin celebrates a Mass marking the 50th anniversary of Italy's Movement for Life in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 8, 2025. (CNS/Pablo Esparza)

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