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cardinal

[kahr-dn-l] / ˈkɑr dn l /


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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

Before Robby and Al-Hashimi engage in any real ideological tussles, though, she commits the cardinal sin of suggesting they change the trauma center’s nickname to something else.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 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

She had just saved him, but she’d broken her grandmother’s cardinal rule: Don’t stand out.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack




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