pope

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Recent Examples of pope What to give the pope who has everything? Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026 The hats are shaped like the pope's miter, with the team's sock logo in the middle. CBS News, 25 June 2026 Even the pope has warned that technology must serve humanity – and not the other way around. Rachel Mural, Fortune, 21 June 2026 Even the pope has warned that technology must serve humanity – and not the other way around. Rachel Mural, The Conversation, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for pope
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Noun
  • William Warham, the archbishop of Canterbury, called for more copies to be bought up and burned.
    Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
  • The diocese's parishes, schools, and other entities are not included in the filing and their operation should not be affected, the archbishop said.
    CBS News, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Noun
  • The ritual confers the Holy Spirit from one bishop to another and recalls Christ’s gesture to his apostles.
    Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • Under the church’s in-house canon law, consecrating a bishop without papal consent incurs an automatic excommunication for both the people administering the consecration and the bishops receiving it.
    ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • The court found that Shi used his positions, including as the temple abbot, to illegally embezzle more than $19 million alone or in conspiracy with others, between 2003 and 2025, CCTV reported.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • According to a relative of Nathan who provided some of the sources Amit studied, the abbot reportedly also wrote letters to the Vatican and to monasteries in Switzerland pleading for a safe exit for Wolfgang.
    Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The group was founded in 1970 in Switzerland by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, a French prelate, but five years later was officially suppressed by the Bishop of Fribourg.
    Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • In roughly 33 hours over the course of two days, the diverse group of international prelates elected Prevost on the fourth ballot.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Ian Williamson, dean of the business school, said the new federal policy played a role in the decision as well as student scheduling preferences.
    Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • But Erwin Chemerinsky, Berkeley’s law school dean, said Trump still won most of the cases the court decided either after oral arguments or through emergency appeals the administration brought.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • This time around, the monsignor of a small-town church is found dead under mysterious circumstances, and Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is summoned to investigate.
    Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
  • Throughout his work, the monsignor has served numerous parishes and schools across the local archdiocese, including Our Lady’s in Scituate, Our Lady of the Assumption in Lynnfield and Saint Peter Parish in Cambridge, and became rector of the Cathedral in 2008.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Hong Kong — A pastor who founded one of China’s most prominent underground churches has been released from prison and reunited with his family in the United States, his daughter told CNN.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • Michelle Obama is a shining example of this inspirational leadership, the kind also demonstrated by my mother and aunties, my sister and sister- friends, by my pastor and elders, and by my colleagues in the maternal and infant health space.
    Jallicia Jolly, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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“Pope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pope. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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