pope

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Recent Examples of pope Pope Leo, whose birth name is Robert Prevost, has the distinction of being the first American pope. Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2025 What poll finds June 16, 2025 3:18 PM Read Next National Do US Catholics want a more progressive or conservative pope? Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 17 June 2025 Donatelli said he’s particularly drawn to the pope’s humility and sense of humor. Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2025 The Sox returned serve to their northside rivals and put up their own sign celebrating the pope’s real team of choice. Sean Neumann, People.com, 12 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for pope
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Noun
  • As the College of Cardinals meets at the Vatican in the coming weeks to elect Francis’ successor, Gomez, a mere archbishop, will stay home.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025
  • Growing up in that parish, Martinez experienced devotions and ritual on a grand scale, with elaborate ceremonies conducted by bishops, archbishops and cardinals.
    Ellen Skerrett, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Leo spent 20 years as a missionary priest and bishop in Peru, and working side by side with Pope Francis, helped suppress the group.
    Amalia Huot-Marchand, The Hill, 21 June 2025
  • Columban monasteries remained free of the control of local bishops and were instead directly subordinate to the pope.
    Bernd Roeck June 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • On the Sunday before the wedding, two of them—the abbot emeritus Padre Norberto Villa and his colleague Padre Paolo Maria Censori—filed into the Chapel of the Dead to celebrate Mass.
    Max Norman, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
  • Eugenia, raised pagan, joined a monastery to learn more about Christianity and later became abbot.
    Sarah Barringer, The Conversation, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • However, Panorama magazine maintained that the NSA picked up the prelates’ telephone conversations in the days preceding the conclave, giving them an idea of what might happen before the first vote.
    Time, Time, 7 May 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Pageants, deans' lists, graduations or military enlistments are not accepted.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 22 June 2025
  • More than 50% of both MD and PhD programs are filled with women, but only 12% become full professors, department chairs or deans.
    Afshan Musani, CNBC, 18 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
  • Randy Adams is a pastor at Church on the Rock, a Protestant church about an hour from Kentucky’s capital, Frankfort.
    Lisa Fletcher, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2025
  • But some were accompanied by a pastor, volunteer or family member.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2025

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