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The 88-year-old pope concelebrated the Holy Mass Sunday morning in the chapel of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, the Vatican stated, sharing the first image of the pope since his hospitalization.
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Angela Yang, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2025
The Vatican press office said the pope had no visitors on Sunday.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2025
The pope this week participated in Lenten spiritual exercises from the hospital, which Vatican officials have said implied a lighter workload.
—Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of when he was elected pope on Thursday from the hospital.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2025
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Angela Yang, NBC News, 16 Mar. 2025
The Vatican press office said the pope had no visitors on Sunday.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2025
The pope this week participated in Lenten spiritual exercises from the hospital, which Vatican officials have said implied a lighter workload.
—Colleen Barry, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of when he was elected pope on Thursday from the hospital.
—Jon Haworth, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pope
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Alligator is permissible to eat on Fridays during Lent, the archbishop of New Orleans told an inquisitive parishioner who once sent a letter to the religious leader seeking clarification, according to the Catholic News Agency.—
Peter Burke,
Fox News,
14 Mar. 2025
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The then archbishop of Buenos Aires, Adolfo Tortolo, was close friends with Videla, the regime’s first and most brutal leader.—
Federico Perelmuter,
The Dial,
13 Mar. 2025
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Some clutched rosaries, others took selfies or touched the protective glass in front of the seemingly sleeping young man, who died of leukemia at 15 in 2006 and is generating a devotion that astonishes even Assisi’s bishop.—
Time,
Time,
27 Mar. 2025
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Last month, days before his hospitalization, Pope Francis penned a letter to U.S. bishops that criticized the Trump administration’s mass deportation plans.—
Jonathan Bullington,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2025
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Among the film’s interviewees are two former nuns at the school and the abbot who supervised several of the priests accused of rape and murder.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2025
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King Sverre of Norway personally provided information to the writer, Icelandic abbot Karl Jónsson, and instructed him on the details of the saga, Brink added.—
Hannah Peart,
NBC News,
28 Oct. 2024
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The life of the court and contemplative life were two models in which the leisure of the lord, the prelate, and the warrior could function.—
Walter Benjamin,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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At the time of the bishops’ appeal, Lai had been imprisoned in solitary confinement for almost 1,000 days, and the prelates were polite ...—
George Weigel,
National Review,
20 Feb. 2025
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Davis has since worked as a professor, a dean and a university president.—
Elissa Nadworny,
NPR,
24 Mar. 2025
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Another dean, Sinclair, took Lyle into an office to wait for Anderson, who still couldn’t be reached, according to the complaint.—
Jessica Seaman,
The Denver Post,
21 Mar. 2025
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The diocesan website includes a statement from Dallas Bishop Edward Burns connecting the need for social distancing with the story of the Good Samaritan.—
David Tarrant,
Dallas News,
6 Apr. 2020
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In the Catholic Church, this is generally a time of the year when dioceses ask their members to donate to annual bishops’ Lenten appeals, which fund diocesan operations.—
Nicholas Rowan,
Washington Examiner,
22 Mar. 2020
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What to know about the monsignor chosen by the Pope.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
13 Feb. 2025
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When the monsignor was murdered at the end of Season 3, Ignatius was devastated.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
18 July 2024
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Its pastor rejoiced Have the flu or know someone with it?—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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Homemade soup will be served and the church’s pastor, Dr. Brenda Loyal, will lead the discussion each week.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Pope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pope. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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