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Pope Francis meets Russian President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of a private audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, June 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)

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FILE - In this Saturday, June 6, 2015 file photo, Pope Francis attends an interreligious meeting, at the Franciscan International Student Center in Sarajevo. Pope Francis has created a new tribunal section inside the Vatican to hear cases of bishops accused of covering up for priests who raped and molested children, the biggest step the Holy See has taken to hold bishops accountable for abuse. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

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Pope Francis delivers a blessing during the Angelus prayer in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, June 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Pope Francis caresses a boy as he arrives at the John Paul II Diocesan Youth Center, in Sarajevo, Saturday, June 6, 2015. Pope Francis witnessed the horrors of Bosnia's fratricidal war of the 1990s and its slow process of healing Saturday during a one-day visit to Sarajevo, where he urged Muslims, Orthodox and Catholics to put the "barbarity" of the past behind them and work together for a peaceful future. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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A Bosnian woman stands in front of a poster with the image of Pope Francis, ahead of his visit, in Sarajevo, Wednesday, June 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Amel Emric)

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Pope Francis waves to faithful during his weekly general audience, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican in this May 20, 2015, file photo. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

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Pope Francis blesses the altar as he celebrates a mass of Pentecost in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, May 24, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Saints: Pope Francis canonized two nuns from Palestine Sunday in the hopes of encouraging Christians across the Middle East who are facing ongoing persecution from Islamic extremists. (Associated Press photographs)

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Pope Francis blesses a nun as he arrives for an audience with clergy of Roman archdiocese in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, May 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Pope Francis meets Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas during an audience at the Vatican Saturday, May 16, 2015. Pope Francis has praised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as an "angel of peace" during a meeting at the Vatican. Francis made the compliment Saturday during the traditional exchange of gifts at the end of an official audience in the Apostolic Palace. (Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP)

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Pope Francis ;eaves at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. (L'Osservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)

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Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Pope Francis meets Cuban President Raul Castro during a private audience at the Vatican, Sunday, May 10, 2015. Cuban President Raul Castro has been welcomed at the Vatican by Pope Francis, who played a key role in the breakthrough between Washington and Havana aimed at restoring U.S.-Cuban diplomatic ties. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, Pool)

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Pope Francis briefly spun a basketball on his finger in a rare sight Wednesday as the Harlem Globetrotters visited St. Peter's Square. (Fox News video screenshot)

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Pope Francis, flanked by rector of the Pontifical North American College James F. Checchio, right, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, left, and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Joseph Edward Kurtz, waves as he leaves Rome's Pontifical North American College on May 2, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Pope Francis holds the hands of one of the nineteen new priests he ordained during a ceremony in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, April 26, 2015. (Giorgio Onorati/Pool Photo via AP)

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Pope Francis talks with Italian President Sergio Mattarella during a private audience, in the pontiff's studio at the Vatican, Saturday, April 18, 2015. (AP Photo/Maurizio Brambatti, POOL)

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Pope Francis, right, talks with a delegation of The Leadership Conference of Women Religious during an audience in the pontiff's studio at the Vatican, Thursday, April 16, 2015. The Vatican has announced the unexpected conclusion of a controversial overhaul of the main umbrella group of US nuns in a major shift in tone and treatment of American nuns under the social justice-minded Pope Francis. (LOsservatore Romano/Pool Photo via AP)

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Face to Face: Pope Francis met Thursday with a delegation of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, and the Vatican announced an end to a conflict with the umbrella group of U.S. nuns in a major shift in tone. (Associated Press)