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As church bells tolled across the world, Catholics and non-Catholics alike mourned a pontiff who pushed for change.

The lawmakers said the Salvadoran government had denied their request to meet with a deported Maryland man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. The visit came after a trip by Senator Chris Van Hollen.

An unlikely choice to be pope championed causes and challenged orthodoxy, keeping allies and critics alike on their toes.

Tributes came from around the globe, offering condolences to the world’s Catholics and praising the pontiff’s commitment to the poor and marginalized.

The Catholic faithful took heart when the pontiff, after two brushes with death, emerged from a hospital and resumed some of his duties. Their joy proved short-lived.

Cardinal Farrell, who holds the position of cardinal chamberlain, or camerlengo in Italian, will run the Holy See’s affairs until a new pope is chosen.

The pontiff met with Vice President JD Vance on Sunday and blessed Catholics gathered for Easter. His doctors had urged him to rest.

The pope and the president remade the Catholic church and American politics in their outsider images, but their relationship was defined by their remarkable clashes.

The cancellations, set to apply to pending and active grants, also affect research into “forever chemicals” contaminating the food supply.