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Recent Examples of papal
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the first American pope, selected Thursday by 133 cardinals from across the globe on the second day of the papal conclave in Rome.
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
How the papal conclave works 2025 papal conclave vote: Voting for a new pope
The first ballot was cast Wednesday evening (Vatican time), May 7, according to Vatican News.
—Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Earlier this month, Cupich took part in the papal conclave that elected Prevost as pope on May 8, stunning many Catholic scholars and hierarchs who didn’t anticipate an American would be named pontiff.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
Other papal childhood homes have sparked the flourishing of unknown small towns, according to a USA TODAY survey of Leo’s predecessors.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 18 June 2025
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
How the papal conclave works 2025 papal conclave vote: Voting for a new pope
The first ballot was cast Wednesday evening (Vatican time), May 7, according to Vatican News.
—Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Earlier this month, Cupich took part in the papal conclave that elected Prevost as pope on May 8, stunning many Catholic scholars and hierarchs who didn’t anticipate an American would be named pontiff.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
Other papal childhood homes have sparked the flourishing of unknown small towns, according to a USA TODAY survey of Leo’s predecessors.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for papal
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Haller Suites & Restaurant offers a dining experience with panoramic views over the episcopal town.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Freddie Clayton The Fisherman’s Ring is a signet ring presented to a new pope at his inauguration, as a symbol of his episcopal authority and as the successor of St. Peter, the fisherman apostle and the first pope, who began his papacy around the year 30.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
18 May 2025
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Related Articles For the past 40-plus years in the Philippines, Natori’s mother Angelita Cruz has been very close to the nuncios (who act as pontifical ambassadors), the designer said.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
18 June 2025
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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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Echoing this sentiment of finding hope in La Virgen de la Puerta, Pope Francis, during his apostolic journey to Peru, crowned La Virgen de la Puerta and gave her the title of Mother of Mercy and Hope.—
Caitlin Cipolla-McCulloch,
The Conversation,
29 May 2025
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Francis chose to live in the humble Santa Marta guest house, not the apostolic palace.—
Howard Chua-Eoan,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Holmes is said to be working a clerical job, while maintaining regular contact with her two young children, People reports.—
Emma Marsden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Aug. 2025
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Bryan was released after a clerical error caused officials to confuse him with another inmate with a similar last name, Hutson said.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC news,
26 July 2025
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Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, speaks at the opening ceremony of the China-CELAC Forum ministerial meeting at the Great Hall of People in Beijing on May 13 and U.S. President Donald Trump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 15.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
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According to the plaintiffs, the city should have processed the project application on a discretionary basis but instead has handled them all on a ministerial basis, based on set standards rather than individual judgments.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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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
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These include Orthodox Jews, Muslim and evangelical Christian groups.—
Kathy Kristof,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
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Their public displays of religious dedication were indications of the state Republican Party’s embrace of a new class of evangelical conservatives whose goalposts continue to move further right, pulling once-fringe ideas into the mainstream.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 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 21 Aug. 2025.
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