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Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica and vicar general of the Pope for Vatican City, presided Oct. 13 over a penitential rite of reparation at the main altar of the church ...

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Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica and vicar general of the pope for Vatican City, presided Oct. 13 ...