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papal

[pey-puhl] / ˈpeɪ pəl /
ADJECTIVE
pertaining to the pope
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A few days later, Undersecretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby requested a meeting with the Vatican’s then top diplomat in Washington, the Papal Nuncio Cardinal Christophe Pierre.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

After participating in a prayer service attended by the Papal Nuncio to Lebanon, Paolo Borgia, who is touring Christian towns near the border, Jallad wept for her young son, holding a photograph of him.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

On a roasting summer's day, an estimated 300,000 people gathered in Glasgow's Bellahouston Park for a Papal Mass celebrated by John Paul II.

From BBC • May 7, 2025

For Pope Julius II, his newfound beard was an appropriate sign of mourning to the loss of Bologna and other Papal territories to the Republic of Venice, his sworn enemy.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2024

The chauffeur drove them to the residence of the Papal Nuncio, passing in front of a police barricade without anyone attempting to stop them.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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