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  "path": "/2026/04/24/two-new-books-reveal-secrets-alliances-behind-pope-leos-election/",
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    "Christianity",
    "Faiths",
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  "textContent": "(RNS) — Two new books reveal insight around the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, tracing the alliances, rivalries and quiet maneuvering that shaped the first American papacy.",
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