How to Use papal in a Sentence

papal

adjective

• The white smoke, of course, is a tip of the cap to a papal conclave in which a new pope has been chosen.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 9 Dec. 2019
• The Met’s staff raised their smartphones like at a rock concert or a papal mass.
  — Jason Farago, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
• The move helped consolidate their place at the center of the papal court.
  — National Geographic, 15 Mar. 2019
• The video conference marked the second papal call to space.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2017
• This trip is only the second papal visit to Japan and the first in nearly four decades.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 6 June 2021
• Many people here at the time felt the papal visit confirmed Brazil’s position at the top of the world.
  — Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2017
• In fact, his remarks were the latest in a string of papal apologies in recent years.
  — Erin Cunningham, Washington Post, 26 July 2022
• Then again, so are most mainstream churches, on both sides of the papal divide.
  — Abraham Miller, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2018
• The only time papal power changes hands is when a pope dies or resigns.
  — Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 6 July 2021
• So have all the ambassadors in Kyiv except the one from Poland and the papal nuncio from the Vatican.
  — Waldemar Januszczak For The Times, Robb Report, 19 Apr. 2022
• Francis is in Canada this week on the first papal visit since 2002.
  — Erin Cunningham, Washington Post, 26 July 2022
• Austen Ivereigh is the papal biographer who wrote the book and has written two others with the pope.
  — Devon Link, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2020
• The spokesman for the papal trip in Canada, Neil MacCarthy, said planning for the trip continued.
  — Nicole Winfield, ajc, 10 June 2022
• Francis is scheduled to visit Iraq March 5-8 in what would be the first-ever papal trip to the country.
  — Nicole Winfield, Star Tribune, 1 Feb. 2021
• The breach, as Foster saw it, of the papal duty to teach was inexcusable.
  — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 2 Jan. 2021
• Sunday's papal Mass used to draw thousands of pilgrims from around the world to the sprawling square at the Vatican.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 5 Apr. 2020
• Tuesday is the 41st anniversary of his first papal visit to Poland.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 2 June 2020
• Even as the events unfolded, other Iraqis were thinking ahead to whether the papal visit could spur any changes.
  — Louisa Loveluck, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2021
• But the strongest indication of his values came with his choice of a papal name.
  — Bill Weir, CNN, 13 Mar. 2018
• Catholic pontiff can still perform his papal duties as long as his mind is clear.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 June 2022
• The commission called for a papal apology for the role of the church, which operated about 70 percent of the schools.
  — New York Times, 24 June 2021
• For that and other writings, he was declared a heretic, which led him to further critiques of the papal system.
  — Mike Ellis, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2017
• But some health experts have argued that the papal trip will push the risk onto crowds of people who do not have the same protections.
  — Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2021
• First of all, Francis is, in Douthat’s view, destabilizing the very nature of the papal office.
  — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, 5 Apr. 2018
• Gaenswein had served as a bridge between the two popes by also acting as head of Francis' papal household.
  — Nicole Winfield, ajc, 21 Apr. 2022
• Pope Francis is starting the second of his four-day trip through Iraq, the first-ever papal visit to that country.
  — Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2021
• The papal visit to Iraq can do more than only give a glimpse of hope to religious minorities in the region.
  — Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
• On the eve of his release, Francis visited the pediatric cancer ward, which shared a floor with the papal suite.
  — Washington Post, 14 July 2021
• Underneath its papal pomp and regal bearing, this thing is pulp through and through.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2024
• Isabella Rossellini has a small but crucial part as a nun who's obediently serving in an administrative role but also knows every papal trick in the book.
  — Tom Gliatto, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024