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The attack hit the Sokoto region of northwestern Nigeria, an area where a local Catholic bishop said in October that Christians aren't facing persecution.
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Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2025
Pope adds 2nd auxiliary bishop to Phoenix diocese Pope Leo XIV appoints a second auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Phoenix.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Dolan introduced his successor, the 58-year-old bishop from the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois, with his signature grace and humility.
—Jessica Moore, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Hicks most recently served as the bishop of Joliet, Illinois, a suburban Chicago diocese.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 27 Dec. 2025
Pope adds 2nd auxiliary bishop to Phoenix diocese Pope Leo XIV appoints a second auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Phoenix.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Dolan introduced his successor, the 58-year-old bishop from the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois, with his signature grace and humility.
—Jessica Moore, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
Hicks most recently served as the bishop of Joliet, Illinois, a suburban Chicago diocese.
—Phoebe Natanson, ABC News, 18 Dec. 2025
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The new archbishop succeeds Cardinal Vincent Nichols, who last month turned 80 and is past retirement age.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
19 Dec. 2025
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New York's new archbishop was first an affable Chicagoan, and those who knew him during his life in the south suburbs are not surprised by Pope Leo XIV's decision to elevate him.—
Noel Brennan,
CBS News,
18 Dec. 2025
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The pope, at this very moment, is having the fallen part of the Colosseum rebuilt; half a dozen mason’s apprentices, without any scaffolding, are righting the colossus on whose shoulders a nation, transformed into slave laborers, perished.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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In his latest message, the pope called for national governments and international bodies to take action in this area.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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The abbot later said the temple would cover her medical expenses, according to Pairat.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
25 Nov. 2025
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The abbot said the temple would cover her medical expenses, according to Pairat.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
25 Nov. 2025
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Local Catholics attended Mass at the Cathedral of the Incarnation midday April 21 that Rev. John Hammond presided over, and Spalding will be the celebrant at an official diocesan Mass.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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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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Trump’s tariffs have pushed Canada and China to look for opportunities to strengthen international cooperation, said Zhu Feng, the dean of the School of International Studies at China’s Nanjing University.—
Ken Moritsugu,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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Nancy La Vigne, dean of the Rutgers-Newark School of Criminal Justice, noted that VR could help inmates practice real-world interactions, including navigating public transportation.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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This would be the case also for an apostate, heretic, schismatic bishop, presbyter, or deacon.—
Fr. Goran Jovicic,
National Review,
13 June 2021
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The Rev. Allen D. Timm, executive presbyter of the Presbytery Church in Detroit, said the church is waiting to hear from the general assembly as to when volunteers will be dispatched to Houston.—
Allie Gross,
Detroit Free Press,
29 Aug. 2017
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However, the bishops took the extra step of releasing a video of various prelates reading the message into the camera, a component that observers interpreted as an unusually direct and personal rebuke.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Dec. 2025
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The Colombian prelate also recognised the call for the Church to move faster in tackling abuse.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Shapiro came to Obama's defense during the primary campaign after Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, made anti-Israel and antisemitic comments.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
24 Jan. 2026
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Levy Armstrong, who was arrested with at least two others Thursday for an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest that disrupted a service at a church where an ICE official serves as a pastor, released her own video.—
Jack Brook,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Bishop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bishop. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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