Examples of pontiff in a Sentence
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The pontiff has met a group of transgender Catholics from Torvaianica, south of Rome, meeting them regularly, inviting them to a lunch in the Vatican along with 1,200 marginalized and homeless people and giving them front-row seats at one of this audiences.
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Christopher Lamb, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024
During his address, the pontiff made a strong appeal for peace around the world.
—NBC News, 2 Apr. 2024
The pontiff followed Sunday's Mass with a tour of Saint Peter's Square in a white open-topped vehicle.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024
The Vatican did not provide an explanation for why Francis skipped the homily, and rather than point the cameras at the pontiff, they were pointed at the crowd for a few minutes.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 25 Mar. 2024
In Pope Francis’s first autobiography, which publishes March 19, the first Latin American pontiff offers an up-to-the-minute take on his life and papacy.
—Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
The 87-year-old pontiff was seen arriving at Italian capital's Gemelli Hospital on Tiber Island in a small white Fiat 500 and leaving again under escort in the same car after a short period, the ANSA news agency reported.
—Henry Austin, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
The caliph — not wholly unlike the pontiff in Rome for Catholics — was the leading, unifying temporal authority of the Muslim world.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
The pontiff has had several health problems in recent years.
—Henry Austin, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
Christopher Lamb, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024
During his address, the pontiff made a strong appeal for peace around the world.
—NBC News, 2 Apr. 2024
The pontiff followed Sunday's Mass with a tour of Saint Peter's Square in a white open-topped vehicle.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2024
The Vatican did not provide an explanation for why Francis skipped the homily, and rather than point the cameras at the pontiff, they were pointed at the crowd for a few minutes.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 25 Mar. 2024
In Pope Francis’s first autobiography, which publishes March 19, the first Latin American pontiff offers an up-to-the-minute take on his life and papacy.
—Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2024
The 87-year-old pontiff was seen arriving at Italian capital's Gemelli Hospital on Tiber Island in a small white Fiat 500 and leaving again under escort in the same car after a short period, the ANSA news agency reported.
—Henry Austin, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
The caliph — not wholly unlike the pontiff in Rome for Catholics — was the leading, unifying temporal authority of the Muslim world.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
The pontiff has had several health problems in recent years.
—Henry Austin, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2024
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“Pontiff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pontiff. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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