canon law

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Recent Examples of canon law Pope Leo was born in Chicago, Illinois on September 14, 1955, and studied at Villanova University and the Catholic Theological Union, and later studied canon law at Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025 Brothers of Pope Leo XIV share their reactions 01:43 In Peru, Leo served as a missionary and taught canon law and was later appointed apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo and later the bishop of Chiclayo. Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 9 May 2025 Prevost would be an effective administrator as head of the church and was an expert in church canon law. Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 9 May 2025 Prevost was pastor of vocations and director of missions for the Augustinian order in Chicago and worked in Peru for several years teaching canon law. Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for canon law
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Noun
  • What distinguishes this program is not only the efficient process but also the underlying philosophy of cultivating outstanding physicians who are technically and empathetically skilled.
    Kristen Moon, Forbes.com, 1 June 2025
  • Moved by the clarity of her philosophy and relationship to nature, Chae went to study with her.
    Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • Perhaps the slogan suggested not so much romantic love but something like agape in Christian theology: a desireless, God-like benevolence—love for, not just between, lovers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
  • In Kahane’s theology, Jewish weakness was the sacrilege, and Jewish strength sanctified God.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Stoller’s script eliminates the Old Major character — a mix of Lenin’s and Marx’s ideologies, the warrior boar initiates the uprising against Farmer Jones (Serkis) — and introduces a cutesy-wootsy piglet named Lucky (Gaten Matarazzo) to serve as the audience surrogate.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 June 2025
  • In the meantime, however, these discriminatory government edicts will continue to violate Coloradans’ rights of free speech and free exercise of religion, and adversely impact the privacy, safety, professional conduct, and even health of those who disagree with the government’s ideology.
    Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 7 June 2025

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