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Bureau: Berlin
On his first anniversary, Leo XIV stood at a Marian shrine and asked God to enlighten those with governmental responsibilities — the homily delivered what Thursday's audience could not.
After a 45-minute audience and a 2½-hour visit, both readouts stayed in diplomatic register and Rubio kept Trump's Catholic-targets line intact.
Pope Leo XIV marks one year as pope at Pompeii — the homily addresses syncretism without naming the 1995 photograph the Vatican has not acknowledged for fifty-one days.
Canberra is on Day 12 of an AI-biosecurity office acting under existing law; Washington is on Day 9 of silence on the same chokepoint.