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FILE -- Pope John Paul II is cheered as he passes the Basilica of Koekelberg in Brussels Sunday June 4, 1995, during a ceremony to beatify Belgian priest Father Damien De Vuester, who lived and died amongst the lepers of Hawaii during the 19th century. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti, File)

FILE -- Pope John Paul II is cheered as he passes the Basilica of Koekelberg in Brussels Sunday June 4, 1995, during a ceremony to beatify Belgian priest Father Damien De Vuester, who lived and died amongst the lepers of Hawaii during the 19th century. (AP Photo/Massimo Sambucetti, File)

FILE — Pope Francis, left, greets Belgium's King Philippe, center, and Belgium's Queen Mathilde, at the end of a private audience at the Vatican, Monday, March 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Gabriel Bouys, Pool, File)

FILE — Pope Francis, left, greets Belgium's King Philippe, center, and Belgium's Queen Mathilde, at the end of a private audience at the Vatican, Monday, March 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Gabriel Bouys, Pool, File)

Pope Francis arrives at Fiumicino International airport Leonardo da Vinci, some 30 kilometers south-west of Rome, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 to board the papal flight to Luxembourg for a four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis arrives at Fiumicino International airport Leonardo da Vinci, some 30 kilometers south-west of Rome, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 to board the papal flight to Luxembourg for a four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

FILE - Bishop of Bruges Roger Vangheluwe, in Bruges, Belgium, on Feb. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Peter Maenhoudt, File)

FILE - Bishop of Bruges Roger Vangheluwe, in Bruges, Belgium, on Feb. 15, 2007. (AP Photo/Peter Maenhoudt, File)

Pope Francis arrives at Fiumicino International airport Leonardo da Vinci, some 30 kilometers south-west of Rome, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 to board the papal flight to Luxembourg for a four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis arrives at Fiumicino International airport Leonardo da Vinci, some 30 kilometers south-west of Rome, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 to board the papal flight to Luxembourg for a four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The ITA Airways ITY4000 papal plane with Pope Francis and bound to Luxembourg, where the pope will start his four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium, takes off from the Fiumicino International airport Leonardo da Vinci, some 30 kilometers south-west of Rome, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The ITA Airways ITY4000 papal plane with Pope Francis and bound to Luxembourg, where the pope will start his four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium, takes off from the Fiumicino International airport Leonardo da Vinci, some 30 kilometers south-west of Rome, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The ITA Airways ITY4000 papal plane with Pope Francis and bound to Luxembourg, where the pope will start his four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium, takes off from the Fiumicino International airport Leonardo da Vinci, some 30 kilometers south-west of Rome, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

The ITA Airways ITY4000 papal plane with Pope Francis and bound to Luxembourg, where the pope will start his four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium, takes off from the Fiumicino International airport Leonardo da Vinci, some 30 kilometers south-west of Rome, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

FILE -- Pope Francis, right, talks with Belgium's King Philippe during a private audience at the Vatican, Monday, March 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Gabriel Bouys, Pool, File)

FILE -- Pope Francis, right, talks with Belgium's King Philippe during a private audience at the Vatican, Monday, March 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Gabriel Bouys, Pool, File)

Pope Francis, left, arrives in a car at Fiumicino International airport Leonardo da Vinci, some 30 kilometers south-west of Rome, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 to board the papal flight to Luxembourg for a four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis, left, arrives in a car at Fiumicino International airport Leonardo da Vinci, some 30 kilometers south-west of Rome, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 to board the papal flight to Luxembourg for a four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

FILE -- Pope John Paul II stands underneath the huge bow of the Menen Gate, a war memorial for the dead of World War II, in Ieper, May 17, 1985, on his second day in Belgium. (AP Photo, File)

FILE -- Pope John Paul II stands underneath the huge bow of the Menen Gate, a war memorial for the dead of World War II, in Ieper, May 17, 1985, on his second day in Belgium. (AP Photo, File)

Pope Francis arrives at Fiumicino International airport Leonardo da Vinci, some 30 kilometers south-west of Rome, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 to board the papal flight to Luxembourg for a four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis arrives at Fiumicino International airport Leonardo da Vinci, some 30 kilometers south-west of Rome, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024 to board the papal flight to Luxembourg for a four-day visit to Luxembourg and Belgium. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

FILE -- Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels walks past a poster of Pope John Paul II, right, as he leads a memorial Mass for Pope John Paul II at the St. Michael church in Brussels, Sunday April 3, 2005. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

FILE -- Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels walks past a poster of Pope John Paul II, right, as he leads a memorial Mass for Pope John Paul II at the St. Michael church in Brussels, Sunday April 3, 2005. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)