How to Use Holy See in a Sentence

Holy See

noun

• The Israeli ambassador to the Holy See was among those present for the event.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 9 Jan. 2025
• Should the agreement be renewed, the Holy See runs the risk of sanctions being imposed by the United States.
  — Tyler Van Dyke, Washington Examiner, 19 Oct. 2020
• The Holy See said the short visit was for diagnostic tests and is back at the Vatican.
  — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2024
• The infallible head of the Holy See, in all his sovereignty, saying the quiet part out loud?
  — Fran Tirado, Them, 20 Dec. 2024
• Pope Francis should see the writing on the wall and revise the Holy See’s China policy.
  — Nina Shea, National Review, 6 Aug. 2023
• In Acutis, the Holy See found an avenue to connect with a younger generation.
  — Seyward Darby, Longreads, 4 Dec. 2024
• The trial amounts to an answer of just how far the Holy See, where the pope rules as the supreme power, is willing to go in allowing dissent.
  — Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
• Whether the Holy See can help with China, the single biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, is less clear.
  — Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2021
• Cupich concurred there was more the Holy See could and should do to bring religious orders into line.
  — Nicole Winfield, ajc, 25 May 2023
• The photo was taken in the private chapel of the pope's 10-floor apartment in Gemelli, according to the Holy See, the Vatican's press office.
  — Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2025
• Since the start of the pandemic, Holy See (Vatican City) has reported 27 cases and 0 deaths.
  — NBC News, 29 Mar. 2021
• The result of that investigation was a 21-page document sent to the Holy See but not made public.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 12 July 2021
• The Holy See hasn't said how the anniversary of his election might be commemorated.
  — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
• Since Fernandez’s appointment last summer, the Holy See has acted more swiftly to defend the pope.
  — Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
• The Holy See is the latest religious entity to denounce a drag queen performance staged during the Paris Olympics‘s opening.
  — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2024
• On his first trip to the Holy See, Francis’ unsmiling welcome was seen as frigid and unfriendly; both encounters were markedly brief.
  — Federico Perelmuter, The Dial, 13 Mar. 2025
• The Holy See hasn't said how the anniversary, which is a public holiday in the Vatican, might be commemorated this year.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 13 Mar. 2025
• The pope was also scheduled to join the Holy See's leadership for a spiritual retreat this coming weekend.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
• Francis traveled to the lagoon city to visit the Holy See's pavilion at the Biennale contemporary art show and meet with the people who created it.
  — CBS News, 28 Apr. 2024
• As a result of tensions surrounding the appointment of bishops and the Holy See’s ties with Taiwan, no pope has ever visited China.
  — Koh Ewe, TIME, 3 Sep. 2024
• The 88-year-old pontiff is now able to spend some time during the day off high flows of oxygen and use just ordinary supplemental oxygen delivered by a nasal tube, the Holy See press office said.
  — Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2025
• His authority remains intact, according to the Holy See.
  — Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2024
• The Holy See later provided an update, saying the 88-year-old pontiff had gotten up to continue his daily treatment and was eating normally.
  — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2025
• No pope has ever visited China, and the Holy See doesn’t have official diplomatic relations with it, despite pursuing closer ties over the last few years.
  — Karishma Vaswani, The Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2024
• She is accused of allegedly embezzling Holy See funds that Becciu authorized for her intelligence work, purportedly to free Catholic priests and nuns held hostage in hostile parts of the world.
  — Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 3 July 2021
• The pope has been hesitant to directly meddle in politics since the beginning of his papacy — afraid to devolve the Holy See into a normal, secular world power.
  — Fox News, 13 July 2022
• His supporters argue that maintaining neutrality has long been at the center of Holy See diplomacy.
  — Niha Masih, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
• The procedure was necessary to address a diverticular stenosis, or abnormal narrowing, of the sigmoid portion of the colon, said Matteo Bruni, a Holy See spokesman.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 5 July 2021
• The pope’s remark came during an annual foreign policy address to diplomats accredited to the Holy See which traditionally serves as a lament for all the world’s conflicts and injustices.
  — Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2024
• His pneumonia infection, while not completely eliminated, is under control, the Holy See press office said.
  — arkansasonline.com, 20 Mar. 2025