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  4. Pope asks for fairer solutions in story of disabled Spanish woman, 87, evicted from her home

  5. What to know about the viral claim about Brazil’s patron saint jolting a tight presidential race

Pope Leo XIV next to Vatican Press Officer Matteo Bruni on the papal plane from Metz, France, to Rome, Italy, on Sep. 28, 2026. (Credit: Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP.)

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The Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, Brazil, in 2020, before controversial renovations by disgraced Fr. Marko Rupnik. (Credit: Andre Penner/AP.)

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