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Recent Examples of episcopal
The pointed hats, known as mitres, are a traditional part of episcopal attire, representing their authority and service within the Church.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
The lime-green Met Gala look, May 2018 Photography Shutterstock
Miuccia wasn’t about episcopal tailoring or a gilded colour palette for 2018’s Met Gala, themed Heavenly Bodies and the Catholic Imagination.
—Julia Hobbs, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
By leaving the episcopal ring on Archinto’s finger outside the curtain, Titian emphasizes his right to the position.
—Washington Post, 20 July 2023
Congregations also disaffiliate by vote in individual episcopal area conferences.
—Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 7 June 2023
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
The lime-green Met Gala look, May 2018 Photography Shutterstock
Miuccia wasn’t about episcopal tailoring or a gilded colour palette for 2018’s Met Gala, themed Heavenly Bodies and the Catholic Imagination.
—Julia Hobbs, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
By leaving the episcopal ring on Archinto’s finger outside the curtain, Titian emphasizes his right to the position.
—Washington Post, 20 July 2023
Congregations also disaffiliate by vote in individual episcopal area conferences.
—Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 7 June 2023
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Queen Camilla’s monochrome attire and choice of mantilla fall under papal protocol, requiring women who meet with the pope to wear black and a veil, symbolizing respect and modesty.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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Queen Camilla, who was also dressed in traditional black attire and a lace veil (mantilla), as is customary for papal audiences, stood alongside Pope Leo XIV and King Charles at the San Damaso Courtyard.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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View Comments The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
20 June 2025
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The Friday event, which took place inside the Vatican’s apostolic palace, included a roundtable discussion on AI ethics and governance.—
CNN.com,
Mercury News,
20 June 2025
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There was no creative designer or clerical administrator.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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These payments are in part calculated by work history and income but also are adjusted every year based on the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W).—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Rather than call police, the denomination’s state district council suspended his ministerial credentials and placed him in a two-year restoration program, which included meetings with a psychologist.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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The city is reviewing a ministerial building permit application for a 250-foot, 23-story tower on Turquoise Street.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Oct. 2025
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The names were common, but for good reason, as the Hasmonean priestly family was so revered.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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Archbishop Shawn McKnight has launched a preliminary canonical investigation into the issue as well, the archdiocese said, and Storey has been temporarily suspended from priestly ministry, including celebrating Mass and performing pastoral duties.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
22 Sep. 2025
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In its report, the pontifical commission highlights failures in the Italian church.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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The sprawling roughly 2,000-year-old property includes ancient Roman archaeological sites, farmlands, pontifical villas and lush papal gardens, with areas for organic farming and regenerative cultivation.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Prosperity is lauded dozens of times in the Book of Mormon, so knocking for commissions can feel almost sacerdotal.—
Tad Friend,
The New Yorker,
1 Aug. 2022
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Diminution drains this office of the sacerdotal pomposities that have encrusted it.—
Conor Friedersdorf,
The Atlantic,
1 Aug. 2017
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Once, there were two sweet kids who came of age in the evangelical purity culture of the 1990’s, a world in which being LGBTQ+ or accepting anyone who was gay was seen as a sin that could send you straight to hell.—
Kelly Foster Lundquist,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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Reports from Catholic and evangelical congregations were beginning to make national headlines, raising questions about how religious institutions protected children.—
Mike Hixenbaugh,
NBC news,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Episcopal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/episcopal. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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