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The future Pope Leo XIV visits with Augustinian sisters in Peru in this undated photo. As an Augustinian priest, then-Father Robert F. Prevost spent many years as a missionary in Peru and also served as bishop of that country's Chiclayo Diocese. (OSV News/Courtesy of Augustinian Sr. Carmen Toledano)

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Pope Francis shakes hands with Sheik Ahmed al-Tayeb, grand imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar Mosque and University, during a document signing at an interreligious meeting at the Founder's Memorial in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in this Feb. 4, 2019, file photo. Pope Francis, died April 21, 2025, at age 88. (CNS/Paul Haring)

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