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Pope greeted by crowds in first major appearance since lung cancer surgery
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Pope Leo pledges a gradual return to duties in an address to the Catholic faithful in St Peter's Square at the Vatican.
Pope Leo pledges a gradual return to duties in an address to the Catholic faithful in St Peter's Square at the Vatican.
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