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With Festivities and Papal Prayer, the Vatican Aims to Attract the Young

At a gathering that has been called the “Catholic Woodstock,” the church has embraced influencers on social media as a way to engage the youth.

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Pope Leo XIV arriving at the festival in a Roman suburb on Saturday evening, the culmination of the Vatican’s six-day celebration of youth in the church.
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Mike Huckabee, Israel’s Passionate Defender as Gaza War Drives Allies Away

Mr. Huckabee, a Baptist minister, is the first evangelical to serve as American ambassador to Israel. Christian conservatives and the Netanyahu government are pleased.

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Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, on Tuesday at his official residence in Jerusalem.
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