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Pope in 1st post-lockdown outing goes to Assisi to sign text

by Associated Press
| October 3, 2020 8:06 AM

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — Pope Francis travelled to the tomb of his nature-loving namesake and signed an encyclical Saturday laying out his vision of a post-COVID world built on solidarity, fraternity and care for the environment.

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