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Pope Leo XIV waded into a leadership controversy in the United States on Tuesday, mere hours before the dispute became largely academic.

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Faithful queue to pay their respect to Pope Francis laying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

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Faithful queue to pay their respect to Pope Francis laying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

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Cardinal Angelo Becciu talks to journalists during news conference in Rome, Sept. 25, 2020. (Credit: Gregorio Borgia/AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV with participants of a Jubilee Meeting organized by the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM) on the future of the family in the Vatican on Sep. 19, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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Displaced Palestinians flee northern Gaza along the coastal road to the south, after Israel expanded its operation in Gaza, Sept. 16, 2025. (Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/AP.)

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Faithful queue to pay their respect to Pope Francis laying in state inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

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Pope Leo XIV blesses members of the St. Andrew School of Evangelization on August 29, 2025 (Credit: Vatican Media.)

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