Recent Examples on the WebAccording to the bulletin and ANSA’s reporting, the 87-year-old pontiff spoke with the group about a range of topics, including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza as well as artificial intelligence.—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 12 June 2024 Such a practical collaboration between pontiff and president has happened before, when Pope John Paul II and his diplomats worked with the White House in the 1980s to navigate the potentially chaotic decline and fall of communism.—Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2021 The pontiff, 87, reportedly said a derogatory term in a meeting with members of the Italian Bishops’ Conference in Rome on May 20, while discussing the subject of whether gay men should be welcomed into the priesthood.—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024 Pope Francis is the first pontiff to make climate change central to his papacy, and wrote a 2015 encyclical that relied on scientific facts about global warming to deliver a moral call to preserve the planet for future generations.—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for pontiff
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