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Pope Leo XIV hosts the homeless and poor for a mass and lunch. He attributes his faith as something to be lived out not just talked about. (Galazka / Vatican Pool-Corbis / Getty Images)

Pope Leo XIV shares table of compassion

Homemade Roman dinner (Courtesy of Winston Chiang)

The art of cooking for strangers

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How republics die

Thom Hartmann - Independent Media Institute

Pope Francis (AP/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis under fire

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Assisi Italy. (Tess Falotico/Fathom)

In love? Explore the Roman countryside

Tess Falotico - Fathom

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Guilty: Trump betrayed the U.S. — again

Lucian K. Truscott IV

(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

No PDA. No way.

Mary Beard (W. W. Norton & Company, Inc./Robin Cormack)

We still think like Romans

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Anna Pulley - Alternet

Nuns gone bad

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An undated photo of Monsignor Nunzio Scarano in Salerno, Italy. (AP/Francesco Pecoraro)

Associated Press

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Katie McDonough

Pope Benedict XVI prays in front of the Holy Shroud in Turin's cathedral, Italy, Sunday, May 2, 2010. (AP/Antonio Calanni)

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White smoke billows from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel indicating that a new pope has been elected in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 13, 2013. (AP/Andrew Medichini)

Alas, no more pope-free days!

Mary Elizabeth Williams

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Pope Benedict XVI (Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi)

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Associated Press

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