"I would like to express sincere condolences to all the families who have lost loved ones," Pope Leo XIV said Sunday.

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In 1984, President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II established full diplomatic ties.

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The Holy Father also reminded the faithful to daily cultivate the seed of the Gospel in their hearts.