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Recent Examples of papal
Like the word's definition, the institution of the papal conclave has shifted over the centuries.
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Joe Hernandez, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025
But during the visit, Melania Trump mostly wore a grim face — along with a black dress and lace veil, in accordance with the dress code for a papal visit, according to media accounts at the time.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
Comments Conclave, the 2024 political thriller about a papal election and the secrets beneath the cardinals' vestments, arrived at an auspicious time.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, the papal conclave, the process by which a new pope is chosen, is likely to begin in the next few weeks, with Irish-American Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell serving as acting head of the Vatican until this takes place.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
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Joe Hernandez, NPR, 23 Apr. 2025
But during the visit, Melania Trump mostly wore a grim face — along with a black dress and lace veil, in accordance with the dress code for a papal visit, according to media accounts at the time.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
Comments Conclave, the 2024 political thriller about a papal election and the secrets beneath the cardinals' vestments, arrived at an auspicious time.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, the papal conclave, the process by which a new pope is chosen, is likely to begin in the next few weeks, with Irish-American Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell serving as acting head of the Vatican until this takes place.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for papal
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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
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Francis had established the Holy See’s first pontifical commission for the protection of minors early on in his reign.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2025
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Turkson resigned from that role in 2021 and was appointed to head two pontifical academies on sciences and social sciences.—
Philip Pullella, Crispian Balmer, Alvise Armellini, Joshua McElwee and Chris Scicluna,
USA Today,
21 Apr. 2025
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But after the Mass ended, Francis appeared on the loggia balcony over the basilica entrance for more than 20 minutes and imparted the apostolic blessing in Latin.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Apr. 2025
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In the apostolic age, the first millennium of Christianity, when the Church did not yet have the backing of law and culture and strong institutionsChristianity spread rapidly across the ancient world.—
Austen Ivereigh,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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The Trump administration initially said that Abrego Garcia’s deportation was the result of a clerical error.—
Michael Wilner,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2025
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Zam’s website and social media expertise helped spread information about protests against the clerical regime and exposed widespread regime corruption.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
Fox News,
17 Mar. 2025
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The British Foreign Office confirmed that ministerial Ukraine peace talks with U.S. and European counterparts were postponed and downgraded to behind-the-scenes meetings with officials.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
23 Apr. 2025
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Aimee had three ministerial assistants and a board of seven elders, along with 21 deacons — 14 of them women.—
Claire Hoffman,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 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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In the United States, where various types of Protestantism used to be associated with elite culture, Catholicism has risen on the right, while various evangelical, and both Catholicism more tolerant nondenominational Christian churches, have grown, as opposed to more popular atheism or agnosticism.—
Christian Paz,
Vox,
25 Apr. 2025
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If his successor is chosen from the global South, his evangelical campaigns may continue.—
VICTOR GAETAN,
Foreign Affairs,
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 5 May. 2025.
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