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Writing in the 1960s, Hannah Arendt, another American bridger of broken wartime worlds, wrote a short essay on the papacy of John XXIII.
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Anna Rowlands, Time, 12 May 2025
Prevost had been a leading candidate for the papacy, but there had long been a taboo against a U.S. pope, given the country’s geopolitical power already wielded in the secular sphere.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2025
By electing Prevost, the cardinals have ensured the papacy is a prophetic voice on the world stage that could serve as a counterweight to Trumpism.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 11 May 2025
The selection surprised the Roman Catholic world as Leo was not viewed a frontrunner for the papacy.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 May 2025
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Anna Rowlands, Time, 12 May 2025
Prevost had been a leading candidate for the papacy, but there had long been a taboo against a U.S. pope, given the country’s geopolitical power already wielded in the secular sphere.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2025
By electing Prevost, the cardinals have ensured the papacy is a prophetic voice on the world stage that could serve as a counterweight to Trumpism.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 11 May 2025
The selection surprised the Roman Catholic world as Leo was not viewed a frontrunner for the papacy.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for the papacy
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“The papacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20papacy. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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