pope

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Recent Examples of pope Catholic popes, for example, have a long history of supporting immunizations. Erika Edwards, NBC news, 5 July 2025 Dolton has been plagued by financial and political scandals since well before the new pope put it on the map. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 July 2025 Cardinals will stay in the conclave for as long as needed until a new pope is selected. Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 The pope’s parents — Louis Prevost, a school administrator who died in 1997, and Mildred, a librarian who died in 1990 — owned and lived in the brick house for decades. Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for pope
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pope
Noun
  • Schnurr came to Cincinnati in 2008 as coadjutor archbishop and took over as archbishop about a year later, upon the retirement of former Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk.
    Dan Horn, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
  • He was elected pope in March 2013 after serving as archbishop of Buenos Aires, where he was born.
    Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • And with that, a one-time refugee officially became San Diego County’s newest bishop and the first Vietnamese American to lead a diocese in the United States.
    Blake Nelson, Mercury News, 18 July 2025
  • Other examples of similar rebukes have come from Catholic figures such as Reverend Michael Pham, bishop of San Diego, California, who joined several of his colleagues in calling for priests, deacons and parish leaders to accompany migrants to court and stand in solidarity with them.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Noun
  • In total, the outlets reported that nine abbots and senior monks have stepped down from their roles or been thrown out of the monkhood in relation to Emsawat’s case.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 17 July 2025
  • For years, guilt and anguish haunted the temple’s abbot, Ham Tae-wan.
    Zachary Small, New York Times, 13 June 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
  • He’s been a ubiquitous character actor ever since, from the scene-stealing game show host in Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream (2000) to the college dean in The House Bunny (2008).
    Skyler Trepel, EW.com, 25 July 2025
  • Nance is also exploring volunteer opportunities with Legal Aid of Arkansas after her appointment as dean ends.
    Ryan Anderson, Arkansas Online, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • Local Catholics attended Mass at the Cathedral of the Incarnation midday April 21 that Rev. John Hammond presided over, and Spalding will be the celebrant at an official diocesan Mass.
    Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church (GCC) in Sun Valley, California, has reportedly been hospitalized with pneumonia following years of health complications.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
  • Advertisement Religion, government, and power The ambitious Pentecostal pastor and televangelist Malafaia—considered a kingmaker, is among those religious leaders in Brazil who have amassed wealth and celebrity through their sermons.
    Emi Eleode, Time, 14 July 2025

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