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VATICAN CITY (AP) \u2014 Pope Leo XIV\u2019s<\/a> weeklong visit to Spain will bring him to a once-staunchly Catholic country that has long been in the throes of waning religious practice and, recently, a political crisis<\/a> for the ruling Socialist Party.<\/p>\n

Leo is expected to double down on his messages of unity amid polarization, peace as war rages, welcome for migrants and hope for young Spaniards in the era of artificial intelligence<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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