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On June 2, 1979, Pope John Paul II set out from Rome on an apostolic journey, as papal trips away from the Vatican are called.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026 -
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church directed his remarks to university students at the Catholic University of Central Africa in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, during an 11-day apostolic journey in Africa.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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On New Year’s Eve in 1996, Christou followed Deadbeat with a club at a former Episcopal church that was built in 1865.—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
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Jackson is an Episcopal priest, theological educator and former Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida executive.—
Beth Reese Cravey,
Florida Times-Union,
6 Feb. 2026
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Overall, diocesan officials said 1,059 people are expected to enter the Catholic Church in the Chicago diocese this year, up from 696 in 2025, a 52% increase.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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By sitting in this throne, the archbishop claims the role of diocesan bishop of Canterbury, the chief pastor of the local diocese.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
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Pope Leo, building on past papal efforts, emphasizes that climate action is a spiritual imperative and responsibility.—
Joseph Bonasia,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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Nearly 300 papal encyclicals have been produced since the first was authored in 1740 by Pope Benedict XIV.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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Leo opened his visit to Pompeii by meeting with sick and disabled people who are cared for by a charity center affiliated with the sanctuary, which Leo’s namesake, Pope Leo XIII, declared a pontifical basilica in 1901.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
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That public spat has overshadowed his pontifical tour of four African countries, which ended Thursday with a Mass for thousands of people in Malabo, the former capital of Equatorial Guinea.—
Claudio Lavanga,
NBC news,
23 Apr. 2026
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But the chapel, heavy with the scent of ecclesiastical incense, felt as genuine as could be, worn from nearly two centuries of worship.—
Paul Brady,
Travel + Leisure,
15 May 2026
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Walsh’s ruling gave the OCA, which is the largest of three Russian Orthodox ecclesiastical bodies in the United States, authority to govern the parish and the judge ordered the parish’s former leaders to vacate the property by June 2025.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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To then spit out convincing, canonical answers about every fact ever.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
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From 2009 to 2013, the European Space Agency’s Planck satellite mapped those patterns with extraordinary precision, producing what remains a canonical dataset for analyzing the CMB.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
6 May 2026
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Not all parishes can afford to pay for a support staff to fully serve the parish and our missionary aspirations.—
Tim Fang,
CBS News,
30 Apr. 2026
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He was forced to quit his job as a Catholic missionary teacher because of the insecurity.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Diaconal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diaconal. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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