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Recent Examples of papal
Leo was picking up the papal tradition of offering a Sunday blessing at noon, but with some twists.
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Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2025
When the white smoke billowed out from a chimney on May 8, announcing that the papal conclave had chosen a new pope, the first account that many saw trumpet the news on X was Pope Crave, a parody account that has been relentlessly covering the ins and outs of the process.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 May 2025
The papal flag was positioned in the entryway to the campus center, the flagpole placed on the school's logo.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 May 2025
The 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order chose the papal name Leo XIV.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
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Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2025
When the white smoke billowed out from a chimney on May 8, announcing that the papal conclave had chosen a new pope, the first account that many saw trumpet the news on X was Pope Crave, a parody account that has been relentlessly covering the ins and outs of the process.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 May 2025
The papal flag was positioned in the entryway to the campus center, the flagpole placed on the school's logo.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 10 May 2025
The 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order chose the papal name Leo XIV.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for papal
Adjective
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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
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Congregations have been disaffiliating by vote in individual episcopal area conferences, and more than 4,000 congregations have already disaffiliated under the law, including 71 previously in Kentucky.—
Caleb Wiegandt,
The Courier-Journal,
5 June 2023
Adjective
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The only pontifical name that hasn't been used more than once is Peter, the name of the first pope, though there's no prohibition against doing so.—
Christopher Watson,
ABC News,
8 May 2025
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Gregory and Benedict are also popular pontifical names with 16 and 15 uses, respectively,while Innocent and Leo come close behind with 13 uses each.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
Adjective
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In 2014, the university awarded Prevost, then the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, an honorary doctor of humanities.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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By 2014, Prevost was back in Peru after Pope Francis appointed him apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Chiclayo and later the bishop of Chiclayo.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
9 May 2025
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The law only allows schools to recognize changes made to birth certificates that were made to correct a clerical error.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
2 May 2025
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Van Arsdale said the inconsistencies in John Doe’s story were due to a clerical error in filing.—
Elizabeth Wagmeister,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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The Glazers were driven in the ministerial car while Gill walked down Whitehall and queued up at St Stephen’s entrance.—
Laurie Whitwell,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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Requiring ministerial approval means removing appeals, boards, and other bureaucratic argle bargle that just adds costs and friction to the development process.—
Roger Valdez,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
Adjective
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Francis has long made ministry to prisoners a hallmark of his priestly vocation, and a Holy Year dedicated to a message of hope is no exception.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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One thing to consider, however, is that Leviticus is devoted to priestly concerns.—
Jacob F. Love,
The Conversation,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Republicans’ strongest support comes from White evangelical Christians (66%), White men without a degree (54%), and rural voters (50%).—
Victoria Balara,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Religious Americans — including evangelical Christians, Protestants and members of non-Abrahamic faiths — reported much higher levels of community contentedness, researchers said.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 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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“Papal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/papal. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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