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Recent Examples of monsignor
But the monsignor, very gracious, didn't mind.
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Lauren Green, Fox News, 4 Jan. 2023
There was no tolling of the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica, no solemn announcement by a Vatican monsignor to the faithful in the square.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
Diddi also heard from Perlasca on March 1, 2022, when the monsignor filed a formal complaint alleging Chaouqui had threatened him and claimed to be working with prosecutors.
—Nicole Winfield, ajc, 5 Dec. 2022
The couple wrote their own vows, which were officiated by a Catholic monsignor and a Presbyterian minister.
—Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2022
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Lauren Green, Fox News, 4 Jan. 2023
There was no tolling of the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica, no solemn announcement by a Vatican monsignor to the faithful in the square.
—Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2023
Diddi also heard from Perlasca on March 1, 2022, when the monsignor filed a formal complaint alleging Chaouqui had threatened him and claimed to be working with prosecutors.
—Nicole Winfield, ajc, 5 Dec. 2022
The couple wrote their own vows, which were officiated by a Catholic monsignor and a Presbyterian minister.
—Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monsignor
Noun
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Tagle, a prelate from the Philippines, is currently one of two top candidates to replace Francis, alongside Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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Turkson is a viable choice, widely respected, liked by Pope Francis, and theologically and ‘politically’ palatable to Western prelates, but his visibility has dimmed in recent years.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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This is the pope's latest public appearance during Holy Week.—
Phoebe Natanson,
ABC News,
19 Apr. 2025
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The Vatican has said the pope’s condition is slowly improving.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
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Some deans have even been chosen as pope, including Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who became Pope Benedict XVI in 2005.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2025
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Cardinal Giovanni Battista, the dean of the College of Cardinals, will lead the proceedings.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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By 2024, lay and religious women participated and voted in key synodal sessions previously exclusively reserved for bishops and cardinals.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Prior to his papacy, bishops and cardinals typically submitted their resignations at 75.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
23 Apr. 2025
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Francis, drawing from his experiencing ministering to low-income Argentinians during his time as Buenos Aires archbishop, was committed to the ideal of mercy.—
Liam Adams,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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Before becoming pope, Francis was known as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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This would be the case also for an apostate, heretic, schismatic bishop, presbyter, or deacon.—
Fr. Goran Jovicic,
National Review,
13 June 2021
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The Rev. Allen D. Timm, executive presbyter of the Presbytery Church in Detroit, said the church is waiting to hear from the general assembly as to when volunteers will be dispatched to Houston.—
Allie Gross,
Detroit Free Press,
29 Aug. 2017
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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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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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“Monsignor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monsignor. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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