angelus
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The Vatican confirmed the Pope will preside over the angelus prayer this coming Sunday, but next Wednesday's general audience will not take place "to safeguard the Holy Father's post-surgery recovery".
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2023
Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leads the Sunday angelus prayer in Saint Peter Square at the Vatican February 10, 2013.
From Time ● Feb. 11, 2013
The bell of the hacienda had tolled the evening oration, and the tinkling of the angelus was sounding the summons to prayer.
From The Tiger Hunter by Mayne Reid
They would linger a little in her head, and, perhaps, always wake at some sunset hour or some angelus chime, but not to trouble her.
From Bebee by Ouida
And always at six o'clock of the evening she remembered the angelus, although there was no church bell to remind her of it.
From Balcony Stories by Grace E. King
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