cardinal

A high-school English teacher of mine had a few cardinal rules for writing an essay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Beckett observed that when actress Julie Hesmondhalgh wore the shield she'd won, she looked like a "cardinal" in her long, red dress, adding: "I thought we were in the Vatican!"

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

It was nearly a half decade ago that Lincoln Riley, dressed in a slick blue suit and glossy cardinal tie, stood atop the Coliseum’s rooftop deck, grinning as he gazed out across the field below.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

The source told AFP that "close associates" who have known the cardinal for years reported similar behaviour when he was a missionary in South America.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

Once, however, I came upon a male cardinal sitting in a hawthorn bush.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Still, the election of an American pope was a surprise, since many prelates—including Prevost himself—believed that the college of cardinals wouldn’t hand the papacy to the U.S., on top of all the superpower’s other clout.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026

“We now have quite a few bishops and cardinals coming out and being present, which is very important. As far as our archdiocese is concerned — not so much.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

She knows the neighborhood visitors — a pair of cardinals, for instance — and frets about them when we’re away.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2025

Six months since a conclave of cardinals elected the first North American to the Papacy, some Catholics feel that Leo has been slow to stamp his own mark on the role.

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2025

Two cardinals balance on the bird feeder behind him.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King