pope

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Recent Examples of pope Indeed, the last pope with origins in Africa was Pope Gelasius I, who reigned from 492 to 496 A.D. Darryl Barthé, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025 In the Roman Catholic Church, popes have shown openness to evolution while insisting that the human soul is a divine creation. Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025 The first pope from the United States responded to Gualtieri's remarks, affirming his commitment as bishop of Rome. Clare Marie Schneider, NPR, 25 May 2025 Lastly, and most importantly to us, Protestants long for a pope with the ecumenical heart of Pope John XXIII. Case Thorp, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for pope
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Noun
  • The archbishop died in 1333, four years before Forde's murder, so Ela was clearly a formidable person with the patience and discipline to serve her revenge dish cold.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 6 June 2025
  • Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, issued a statement criticizing the bill and the House vote in its favor.
    Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • Chicago Tribune One of the many titles that Leo assumed when he was elected May 8 was bishop of Rome.
    Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2025
  • The 2018 deal was aimed at uniting the flock, regularizing the status of seven bishops who weren’t recognized by Rome and thawing decades of estrangement between China and the Vatican.
    Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
Noun
  • They would be led by an older, more experienced person – an abbot.
    Joanne M. Pierce, The Conversation, 27 May 2025
  • As the village abbot never far from the woods, or from Martine’s little dining room table, Jacques Develay manages the trick of utter simplicity in his motives and line readings.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Parolin is an Italian prelate and one of the highest-ranking officials in the Roman Catholic Church.
    Hannah Parry Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
  • One of them was even circulated among his peers by Dolan, the US cardinal, despite church laws that say prelates must not publicly discuss possible papal candidates.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The argument that Trump has violated the 10th Amendment is a clever subversion of a line of thinking that has traditionally been backed by conservative judges, said Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law.
    Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
  • Pesticides are unique among chemicals, though, says Melissa Perry, an environmental epidemiologist and dean of George Mason’s College of Public Health.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 5 June 2025
Noun
  • The diocesan website includes a statement from Dallas Bishop Edward Burns connecting the need for social distancing with the story of the Good Samaritan.
    David Tarrant, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2020
  • In the Catholic Church, this is generally a time of the year when dioceses ask their members to donate to annual bishops’ Lenten appeals, which fund diocesan operations.
    Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 22 Mar. 2020
Noun
  • The monsignor anticipates the new pontiff will pick up where Francis left off, advocating for the poor and for immigrants and pushing for unity, peace and inclusivity.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 10 May 2025
  • The trial, though, proved to be a reputational boomerang for the Holy See, showing deficiencies in the Vatican's legal system, unseemly turf battles among monsignors and how the pope had intervened on behalf of prosecutors.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2015
Noun
  • Steiger's congregation pitches in to buy a new car for the pastor, which frankly could have been an alternate film ending (with a Ford sponsorship).
    Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 8 June 2025
  • In 1979, the Rev. Cedric Britt, 26, became the youngest pastor in Mount Gilead Baptist history and served until his death in 2009.
    Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2025

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