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Apostolic See

NOUN
pope's jurisdiction
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In late 2017, Zanchetta left Oran to work in the Vatican’s Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See, a financial and accounting office that also manages church properties in Italy.

From Reuters • Feb. 21, 2022

"It is an activity that supports the most needy and ecclesial communities in difficulty who approach the Apostolic See for help."

From Fox News • Dec. 13, 2019

The pope affirmed that it “dishonours the Apostolic See, injures the king’s right, shames the English nation, and endangers the crusade.”

From New York Times • May 21, 2010

The Pope, according to one lyric, "flew to Galilee across the Apostolic See."

From Time Magazine Archive

As the patron and defender of the Apostolic See he was more in duty bound than any other Prince to remove and defend all small offences and disputes.”

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.



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