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  "path": "/2026/04/21/why-the-popes-authority-is-confounding-and-maddening-for-trump/",
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  "textContent": "(RNS) — Most past disagreements between popes and presidents have happened during times of high suspicion regarding the Catholic Church. Each case is different from what we are seeing today.",
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