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While the pontiff's message will be delivered from Rome, commentators noted the symbolism in the timing.
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
Still, the moral force of the papacy has sometimes moved political tides – most recently in the emergence of the independent trade union movement Solidarity in communist Poland after the 1978 election of Pope John Paul II, the first Polish pontiff.
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2025
Born Robert Francis Prevost, the 69-year-old pontiff was raised in a devoutly Catholic family in south suburban Dolton.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
At one point, the first American pontiff reflected on his unlikely election, an outcome that stunned the faithful and Vatican experts.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
Still, the moral force of the papacy has sometimes moved political tides – most recently in the emergence of the independent trade union movement Solidarity in communist Poland after the 1978 election of Pope John Paul II, the first Polish pontiff.
—Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2025
Born Robert Francis Prevost, the 69-year-old pontiff was raised in a devoutly Catholic family in south suburban Dolton.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
At one point, the first American pontiff reflected on his unlikely election, an outcome that stunned the faithful and Vatican experts.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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“Pontiff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pontiff. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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