How to Use Vatican in a Sentence

Vatican

noun

• The Philippines is the only country in the world, aside from Vatican City, where divorce is still not allowed.
  — Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 6 Oct. 2023
• Videos of the demonstration showed an array of flags, with one protester waving the flag of Vatican City.
  — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 18 Dec. 2023
• Officials found not to have reported these crimes to Vatican City State police could face up to six months in prison.
  — Anna Gordon, Time, 2 Aug. 2023
• For weeks, the new guards have been training for the solemn occasion in the small courtyard within their small barracks tucked inside Vatican City gates.
  — Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 6 May 2024
• Cabrini suffered ill health throughout much of her life but that never stopped the trailblazer who refused to take no for an answer, even from Vatican City.
  — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
• After the pope’s remarks became public, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni acknowledged the backlash to the cleric’s joking use of the slur.
  — Michael Gartland, New York Daily News, 29 May 2024
• Rarely in recent times has a Vatican gathering generated as much hope, hype and fear as this three-week, closed-door meeting, known as a synod.
  — Nicole Winfield The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2023
• Sure, involving lots of women in a Vatican synod is a giant step forward.
  — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023
• The extent of that welcome became the most divisive issue during October’s month-long meeting in Vatican City on the direction of the faith.
  — Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
• Becciu, who has denied any wrongdoing, was the first cardinal to be tried in Vatican City’s criminal court.
  — Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2023
• But open doors and lower walls can create space for devils to stroll in unimpeded, and Shanley suggests how abusers might twist the logic of Vatican II to their own nefarious ends.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• The piece, which was part of a Vatican collection, was on display in Rome’s Lateran Palace before disappearing.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2023
• The extent of that welcome became the most divisive issue during October's monthlong meeting in Vatican City on the direction of the faith.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 19 Dec. 2023
• Last month, a Vatican court issued other harsh sentences, including of a high-ranking cardinal, in a corruption probe.
  — Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
• But soon, this tiny corner of a tiny country (at 499 acres, it’s bested only by Vatican City for the title of Europe’s smallest state) will be famous for entirely different reasons.
  — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2023
• After taking out his iPad, the master filmmaker began to scroll through a series of photos, all taken inside a small room in Vatican City, where he’d been invited to attend a real-life exorcism.
  — Stephen Galloway, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2023
• What everyone's talking about Pope Francis to be hospitalized for days for lung infection, Vatican says.
  — Julius Lasin, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
• It had been widely speculated by Vatican experts that the two leaders would speak of a possible papal trip to Argentina during their meeting, but the Vatican did not confirm any talks on that topic.
  — Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
• Viewers also watch as Father Amorth uncovers a fictional Vatican conspiracy during his work, which helps weave a riveting tale that has rocketed this movie to the top of Netflix's charts.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 22 Aug. 2023
• That was the case when another U.S. bishop was forced out earlier this year following a Vatican investigation.
  — CBS News, 11 Nov. 2023
• Pope Francis holds his weekly general audience in Vatican City, Dec. 20.
  — WSJ, 21 Dec. 2023
• The Mongolian sojourn had an endearing strangeness: A delegation of Vatican cardinals and bishops found themselves in a lush valley for a local festival featuring wrestlers, feats of archery and throat singing.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
• Many Vatican observers saw the trial as a test of whether Pope Francis' attempts to reform and modernize Vatican management of its finances -- after years of financial scandals -- are really working.
  — Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2023
• In addition to facilitating their unique day in Vatican City, Burton was responsible for the couple getting together.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
• Pope Francis has 'progressively improved' in hospital stay for respiratory infection, Vatican says Francis, according to the statement, ate pizza for dinner last night, had breakfast this morning, read his newspapers and then went back to work.
  — Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2023
• Francis has removed conservative officials who once led the powerful Dicastery on Vatican doctrine and placed Fernández, an Argentine cardinal considered close to him, at its helm.
  — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
• Unfortunately, that anonymity ends when Vatican representatives turn up once more.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023
• Pope Francis is recovering well after undergoing abdominal surgery earlier this week, according to Vatican officials.
  — Timothy Nerozzi, Fox News, 9 June 2023
• The woman, who doctors said had a low chance of survival, was said to have healed miraculously after praying for Acutis to intercede, according to Vatican News.
  — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 7 July 2024
• That trial marked the first time a cardinal was convicted and sentenced by a Vatican court for financial crimes and is considered an important moment in Pope Francis’ long battle to clean up the Vatican’s finances.
  — Christopher Lamb, CNN, 5 July 2024

Last Updated: 16 Sep 2024