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Recent Examples of papal
His initial approach to the papal responsibility appears to reflect the lessons learned during his decades of missionary work abroad, as well the approach taken by that of his namesake, Pope Leo XIII, who notably defended the rights of working people and focused on the poor.
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Rebecca Schneid, Time, 9 May 2025
The papal decision Thursday coincided with the White House’s announcement of its first trade agreement struck with a European nation, the United Kingdom.
—Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Key Background Prevost, now known as Leo XIV, was elected Thursday after just four ballots on the second day of the papal conclave, more than two weeks after Pope Francis died.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
The history of the papal name Leo While it is often said cardinal electors would always shy away from choosing a pope from the United States, because of America’s outsized global political influence, Prevost’s long experience in Peru may have mitigated those fears among the electors.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
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Rebecca Schneid, Time, 9 May 2025
The papal decision Thursday coincided with the White House’s announcement of its first trade agreement struck with a European nation, the United Kingdom.
—Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2025
Key Background Prevost, now known as Leo XIV, was elected Thursday after just four ballots on the second day of the papal conclave, more than two weeks after Pope Francis died.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
The history of the papal name Leo While it is often said cardinal electors would always shy away from choosing a pope from the United States, because of America’s outsized global political influence, Prevost’s long experience in Peru may have mitigated those fears among the electors.
—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for papal
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The lime-green Met Gala look, May 2018 Photography Shutterstock Miuccia wasn’t about episcopal tailoring or a gilded colour palette for 2018’s Met Gala, themed Heavenly Bodies and the Catholic Imagination.—
Julia Hobbs,
Vogue,
13 Feb. 2024
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Congregations have been disaffiliating by vote in individual episcopal area conferences, and more than 4,000 congregations have already disaffiliated under the law, including 71 previously in Kentucky.—
Caleb Wiegandt,
The Courier-Journal,
5 June 2023
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Gregory and Benedict are also popular pontifical names with 16 and 15 uses, respectively,while Innocent and Leo come close behind with 13 uses each.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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Francis had established the Holy See’s first pontifical commission for the protection of minors early on in his reign.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2025
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In 2014, he was appointed apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru by Pope Francis, according to the Vatican.—
May 8,
CBS News,
9 May 2025
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In April 2020, Francis appointed him to be the apostolic administrator of the diocese of Callao, also in Peru, his profile said.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
8 May 2025
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Van Arsdale said the inconsistencies in John Doe’s story were due to a clerical error in filing.—
Elizabeth Wagmeister,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
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Nothing crushes trust faster than feeling you’ve been blindsided, even if the cause was a simple clerical error.—
David Boice,
Forbes.com,
5 May 2025
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The British Foreign Office confirmed that ministerial Ukraine peace talks with U.S. and European counterparts were postponed and downgraded to behind-the-scenes meetings with officials.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
23 Apr. 2025
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Aimee had three ministerial assistants and a board of seven elders, along with 21 deacons — 14 of them women.—
Claire Hoffman,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2025
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Francis has long made ministry to prisoners a hallmark of his priestly vocation, and a Holy Year dedicated to a message of hope is no exception.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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One thing to consider, however, is that Leviticus is devoted to priestly concerns.—
Jacob F. Love,
The Conversation,
5 Feb. 2025
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In the United States, where various types of Protestantism used to be associated with elite culture, Catholicism has risen on the right, while various evangelical, and both Catholicism more tolerant nondenominational Christian churches, have grown, as opposed to more popular atheism or agnosticism.—
Christian Paz,
Vox,
25 Apr. 2025
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If his successor is chosen from the global South, his evangelical campaigns may continue.—
VICTOR GAETAN,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Apr. 2025
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Prosperity is lauded dozens of times in the Book of Mormon, so knocking for commissions can feel almost sacerdotal.—
Tad Friend,
The New Yorker,
1 Aug. 2022
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Diminution drains this office of the sacerdotal pomposities that have encrusted it.—
Conor Friedersdorf,
The Atlantic,
1 Aug. 2017
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“Papal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/papal. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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