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Recent Examples of pope
The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first pope from the United States in the Catholic Church's history, stunning many who thought a U.S. pope was a long shot.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 11 May 2025
Key Background Francis died at age 88 on Easter Monday, April 21, following a bout of health issues, which led to his longest hospital stay while pope.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
The new pope's remarks came after the Regina Caeli (Queen of Heaven) prayer.
—Sarah Ventre, NPR, 11 May 2025
Any baptized, Catholic man is eligible to be elected pope.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 1 May 2025
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 11 May 2025
Key Background Francis died at age 88 on Easter Monday, April 21, following a bout of health issues, which led to his longest hospital stay while pope.
—Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
The new pope's remarks came after the Regina Caeli (Queen of Heaven) prayer.
—Sarah Ventre, NPR, 11 May 2025
Any baptized, Catholic man is eligible to be elected pope.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pope
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For the formal event, Scary Spice has had to meet with several archbishops in preparation.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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Plus, the archbishop of Chicago, who was part of the historic conclave, joins us.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 May 2025
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Before being called to the Vatican, the future Leo XIV was bishop of Chiclayo, which performed even better than most other regions of Peru.—
Alejandro Antonio Chafuen,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Image As a cardinal and head of the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops around the world, Pope Leo was already thinking about artificial intelligence.—
Motoko Rich,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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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
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When Kaldi shared the berries with an abbot of a local monastery, the monk ended up wide awake during the evening prayers.—
Marta Zaraska,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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The other eight cardinals are from all over the U.S. Raymond Cardinal Burke, an American cardinal prelate who was appointed as cardinal by Benedict XVI, is known as a traditionalist.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2025
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Other church officials assisted, including the Venezuelan archbishop, the Brazilian prelate and the late pope’s secretaries, according to the Vatican press office.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
25 Apr. 2025
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The audience was private, but the Vatican released Leo’s prepared text and that of the dean of the diplomatic corps.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
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In a 2009 case, the Supreme Court said FERPA is only about the records that are permanently stored in the principal’s office or the dean’s office and a file that corresponds to a student’s name.—
Holly Yan,
CNN Money,
10 May 2025
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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
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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
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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
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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
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According to Deadline Hollywood, which first reported the news, Hudson will portray Reverend Peters, a Baptist pastor at the head of a prominent Boston law enforcement dynasty that includes his daughter, District Attorney Mae Silver, and his granddaughter, Det.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
16 May 2025
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, a Catholic parish in Logan Heights that has served immigrant peoples for its 100-year existence, where I am humbled to serve as its pastor, has entered as one of five plaintiffs in a suit against the federal government’s immigration agencies.—
Scott Santarosa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2025
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“Pope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pope. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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