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Georgia’s Patriarch Ilia II, the longtime head of the Georgian Orthodox Church at the welcoming ceremony for Pope Francis in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Sep. 30, 2016. (Credit: Ivan Sekretarev/AP.)

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A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted along with other historical documents in a hallway of the Georgia Capitol on June 20, 2024, in Atlanta. (Credit: John Bazemore/AP.)

Judge strikes down Arkansas law mandating schools display the Ten Commandments

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Israeli authorities hang Israeli and U.S. flags at the site struck by an Iranian missile that killed two people, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. (Credit: Oded Balilty/AP.)

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Cardinal Angelo Becciu presides over an eucharistic liturgy at the St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome, Feb. 9, 2017. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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White House border czar Tom Homan holds a news conference at the Bishop Whipple Federal building on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026 in Minneapolis. (Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP.)

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a thumbs up as he departs Munich International Airport in Munich, Germany, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, after attending the Munich Security Conference. (Credit: Alex Brandon/Pool photo via AP.)

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Letter to Artists study offers Pope St. John Paul II’s teachings on beauty and creativity as bridges to holiness. (Credit: Endow.)

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Pope Leo XIV at the Lenten retreat in the Pauline Chapel of the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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