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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-02T22:17:43.000Z",
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    "Faiths",
    "Gender & Sexuality",
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  "textContent": "(RNS) — Alvarado will be the youngest person to lead a Vatican dicastery in recent memory and the first woman who is not a religious sister to be a Vatican prefect, a task historically reserved for cardinals.",
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