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Pope Leo XIV defended meeting "authoritarian" leaders as he returned Thursday from a trip to Africa, arguing that maintaining diplomatic relations allowed the Vatican to work behind the scenes.
"Sometimes we have diplomatic relationships with countries that have authoritarian leaders. We have the opportunity to speak with them on a diplomatic level, on a formal level," Leo told journalists on the papal plane.
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