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At his weekly general audience, the pope spoke about the Gospel story of the healing of Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52) as he continued a series of talks about how the life and ministry of Jesus is a source of hope.

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Starting in 2023, a restoration team worked to reconstruct the traces of what the site might have looked like in the past.

"Synodality," he said, is "a word that aptly expresses how the Spirit shapes the Church." 

 Pope Leo has been credited by victims of helping to dismantle an abusive Catholic movement in Peru, but other survivors have asked him to account for other cases.

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"Special attention was paid to the situation in Ukraine and peace," Vatican spokesman said.

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