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Recent Examples of pope
The car's conversion to electric comes as the pope has repeatedly urged people worldwide to accept the science of climate change and work to protect the environment.
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Alana Wise, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
Let it not be said that Conclave, the new film about the selection of a new pope from director Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front) and screenwriter Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), is dishonest.
—Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
The basilica is home to many artifacts of the Catholic Church, including the tombs of dozens of popes.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Nov. 2024
Maybe that’s precisely why I was so drawn to Conclave, Edward Berger’s thriller/mystery about the selection of a new pope.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
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Alana Wise, NPR, 5 Dec. 2024
Let it not be said that Conclave, the new film about the selection of a new pope from director Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front) and screenwriter Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), is dishonest.
—Graham Hillard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 29 Nov. 2024
The basilica is home to many artifacts of the Catholic Church, including the tombs of dozens of popes.
—Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Nov. 2024
Maybe that’s precisely why I was so drawn to Conclave, Edward Berger’s thriller/mystery about the selection of a new pope.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pope
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Accusations that emerged earlier against McCarrick, who served as the archbishop of Newark and Washington, D.C., helped fuel the latest wave of the abuse crisis in 2018, along with disclosures from a Pennsylvania grand jury showing hundreds of abusive clerics in that state.Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Robert Herguth, Chicago Sun-Times, Journal Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2024
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The cathedral’s thunderous organ, its 8,000-pipes painstakingly restored and cleaned of toxic dust, will also respond to the archbishop’s invocation, with four organists playing a variety of melodies.Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
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David Niven is a young bishop who's so tripped up by ambition and the desire to build a cathedral that he's forgotten what's truly important...even his own family.James Mercadante, EW.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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When Juan Diego returned to the bishop and opened the tilma to show them the roses, an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared printed on the fabric.Paula Soria, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024
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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 abbot told him to begin every morning by performing exactly 108 bows, a meditation exercise in Korean Buddhism.Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2024
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The prelate suggested that any rush toward legalizing civil divorce could undermine Filipino families – the foundational aspect of society, according to the country’s constitution.Mark Saludes, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2024
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Archbishop José Gomez, the soft-spoken, hard-line prelate.Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
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Allegation #3: Former Penn admissions dean airs frustrations Monday’s court filing also says the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League school in Philadelphia, gave the children of donors preferential treatment.Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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Instead, CEOs and deans are letting right-wing activists bully them into junking the whole project.The Week UK, theweek, 15 Dec. 2024
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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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When the monsignor was murdered at the end of Season 3, Ignatius was devastated.Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 18 July 2024
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There was no tolling of the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica, no solemn announcement by a Vatican monsignor to the faithful in the square.Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
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The church hasn't been forced to close or sell it's land, the pastor says.Steve Osunsami, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2024
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Two years ago, Grace Evangelical's pastor, Aaron Strong, was killed by a speeding driver.Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Pope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pope. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.
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