cardinal
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Colby reportedly gave the cardinal a dressing down.
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026
Jean-Paul Vesco, the Franco-Algerian cardinal of the Catholic Church who serves as the Archbishop of Algiers, wrote in a statement.
From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026
An American cardinal, Robert Francis Prevost, becomes the 267th pontiff of the global Catholic Church, taking the name of Pope Leo XIV.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
He was named head of the church in New York by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009, who later made him cardinal.
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025
Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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