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Recent Examples of pope
Internationally, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally, threw her support behind the pope on April 16, urging Anglicans to follow his lead.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
The American president represents a superpower and the pope represents a moral power, Montanaro says.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
Leo restores Holy Week foot-washing tradition Leo, history’s first U.S.-born pope, is returning the Holy Thursday foot-washing tradition to the basilica of St. John Lateran, where popes performed it for decades.
—Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026
Leo made a one-day trip to the glitzy enclave, becoming the first pope to visit since Pope Paul III came in 1538.
—CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
The American president represents a superpower and the pope represents a moral power, Montanaro says.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 16 Apr. 2026
Leo restores Holy Week foot-washing tradition Leo, history’s first U.S.-born pope, is returning the Holy Thursday foot-washing tradition to the basilica of St. John Lateran, where popes performed it for decades.
—Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026
Leo made a one-day trip to the glitzy enclave, becoming the first pope to visit since Pope Paul III came in 1538.
—CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pope
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Thomas Wenski, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Miami, called for a review of the decision in an April 15 op-ed in the Miami Herald.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Its immediate background lay in the conflict over the new archbishop of Canterbury, whom Pope Innocent III had appointed in 1207.—
Joëlle Rollo-Koster,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
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When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the future pope was a bishop in Peru.—
Bill Barrow,
Fortune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Missionary pope Leo’s Africa trip will see him outside of the Vatican for the longest time since his election, and the constant travel in the country has echoes of his time as a missionary and bishop in Latin America.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2026
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The abbot of Wat Saman Rattanaram in Chachoengsao province, about 50 miles east of Bangkok, warned that cremation services may have to be suspended.—
Chas Newkey-Burden,
TheWeek,
22 Mar. 2026
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Phommasan, a native of Laos and abbot at a Buddhist temple in Snellville, was recently fitted with a prosthetic leg at Mercer University.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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George was a highly influential, politically astute prelate who died almost a decade before Leo XIV’s election.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
14 Mar. 2026
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Now both prosper: Spider spins undisturbed in the cottage rafters, and Gout affixes herself to a prelate, condemning him to a life in bed.—
Jan Steyn,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
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Christina Economos, dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts, said diet is a primary driver of preventable disease.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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Dave Chappelle Has Long-Standing Ties to Yellow Springs Chappelle was raised in Maryland but spent summers in the village, where his father served as dean of students at Antioch College.—
Samantha Agate,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Apr. 2026
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The first is the strikingly Gothic diocesan throne, which sits in the cathedral choir and dates from the Victorian era.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
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Local Catholics attended Mass at the Cathedral of the Incarnation midday April 21 that Rev. John Hammond presided over, and Spalding will be the celebrant at an official diocesan Mass.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Prosecutors claimed brokers and Vatican monsignors fleeced the Holy See of tens of millions of dollars in fees and commissions to acquire the property, and then extorted the Holy See for $16.5 million to cede control of it.—
NICOLE WINFIELD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
18 Mar. 2026
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Prosecutors alleged brokers and Vatican monsignors fleeced the Holy See of tens of millions of euros in fees and commissions to acquire the property, and then extorted the Holy See for 15 million euros ($16.5 million) to cede control of it.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2026
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The show follows Nicky (Levy) and Morgan Dardano (Taylor Ortega), a pastor-and-teacher sibling duo from New Jersey who stumble into organized crime after Morgan steals a necklace from a postal store to bury with their dying grandmother.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2026
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Cortes Vasquez is a pastor at The Gathering Place Church in Elizabeth.—
Naomi Ruchim,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Pope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pope. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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