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
  • The archbishop’s letter named one of Fitzpayne’s many paramours: Forde, who was rector of a parish church in a village on the Fitzpayne family’s estate in Dorset.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 13 June 2025
  • In the weeks ahead of the conclave, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, archbishop of Newark, said in a joint press conference with five other American cardinals on Friday.
    Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • The diocese was dominated by clerics who were members of Opus Dei, a very conservative sect of Catholicism, and Prevost, who had to become a Peruvian citizen to become a bishop, was charged with moving it back to the middle.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 1 July 2025
  • Among the overnight options in Trinity is Bishop White Manor, an 1830’s manse that was once home to Newfoundland’s Anglican bishop.
    JOE YOGERST, Forbes.com, 1 July 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
  • Francis dramatically reshaped the group of prelates who will soon cast their votes for his successor in front of Michelangelo’s fresco of The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The following Naperville residents have completed college/university degrees or have been named to their school’s dean’s list, honor roll or similar academic achievement list. Names, degrees and honors appear below as provided by the respective schools.
    Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • The program would combine courses taught by Kennedy and Munk faculty members, according to the deans of both institutions.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 28 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
  • The fan is just one of many sent to the church in recent days after its pastor, Village Trustee Randall White, publicized the plight of residents trying to survive nearly 100-degree temperatures without the benefit of working air conditioners.
    Jerry Shnay, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • Patrick Moses, pastor of First Missionary Baptist Church and 2024 Democratic candidate for sheriff, is running to fill the unexpired term of Crystal Gayden.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2025

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