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Chief among the other aspirants to the papacy: From Nigeria, the popular candidate Adeyemi (Lucian Msamati), who if elected becomes the first Black pope.
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
At the heart of this Vatican drama are very human vices, namely arrogance and greed, as various factions vie for the ultimate power of the papacy and its oversight of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
And the concept of the girls fighting over the papacy is inherently kind of hilarious.
—James Factora, Them, 27 Sep. 2024
The result is a highly entertaining, highly blasphemous tale about the men who want the papacy.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 24 Oct. 2024
At the heart of this Vatican drama are very human vices, namely arrogance and greed, as various factions vie for the ultimate power of the papacy and its oversight of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.
—Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024
And the concept of the girls fighting over the papacy is inherently kind of hilarious.
—James Factora, Them, 27 Sep. 2024
The result is a highly entertaining, highly blasphemous tale about the men who want the papacy.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024
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“The papacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20papacy. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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