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Iceland’s parliament representatives hold a session at the Althingi in Reykjavik, Jan. 8, 2010. (Credit: Brynjar Gauti/AP.)

Icelandic police inspect priest’s comments on homosexuality

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People walk in the new outdoor space created with travertine marble around the Colosseum during it’s inauguration in Rome, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.)

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Georgia’s Patriarch Ilia II, the longtime head of the Georgian Orthodox Church at the welcoming ceremony for Pope Francis in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Sep. 30, 2016. (Credit: Ivan Sekretarev/AP.)

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This image released by the Italian Culture Ministry on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, shows the oil-on-canvas painting “Portrait of Monsignor Maffeo Barberini” by Italian Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (16th century). (Credit: Alessio Panunzi and Alberto Novelli/Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica, Ministero della Cultura via AP.)

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The Basilica of Santa Maria delle Grazie, best known as the home of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper," sits in Milan, Italy, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. (Credit: María Teresa Hernández/AP.)

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