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My first encounter with Pope John Paul II was in 1983, when I was a budding radio reporter. It was a ceremonial event welcoming journalists. When he walked by me, I pulled [...]

As the Trump administration negotiates trade deals with other countries, China has issued a warning against any agreements that harm its interests. China’s commerce [...]

Vatican Pool/Corbis/Getty Images Trump and Francis clashed repeatedly in recent years. Trump praised the pope at the start of Francis’s papacy, in 2013, several years [...]

Argentina’s president sent profound condolences to the family of Pope Francis and to all Catholics in a message posted to X from the pontiff’s homeland. Javier [...]

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