papacy
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The events of 1066 may also have formed part of a broader struggle involving the papacy, the Holy Roman Empire and rival centers of power throughout medieval Europe.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
The decision is one of the most consequential acts of Leo’s young papacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
A.I. has been a key motif of Leo’s nascent papacy, from early speeches to advisory groups to the reception of tech execs who’ve approached the holy man on their own.
From Slate ● May 28, 2026
Leo has made the hot-button issue a cornerstone of his papacy in dedicating to it his first encyclical -- a document which lays the basis for Church teaching and longer-term debate.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
As the papacy lost its hold on its flock, the Catholic Church tried to reject zero and the void more strongly than ever, yet zero had already taken root.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
History will likely view the papacies of Francis and Leo as a transitional era for a Catholic Church slowly adjusting to a world in which the church’s future lies increasingly in the Global South.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
There’s no satisfactory answer to that, although it’s fair to say that the papacies of Francis and Leo represent the first serious efforts to reckon with those more recent crimes.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
Their papacies were in the era of the Roman Empire, which stretched across modern-day Tunisia, the north-east of Algeria and the coast of western Libya.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025
The tension between the American nun group and Vatican officials has stretched over the tenure of three papacies, but it took a particularly public turn under the watch of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
From US News ● Sep. 9, 2014
"Ten papacies would not be sufficient to satisfy this swarm of relatives," wrote Gianandrea Boccaccio in November, 1492, to the Duke of Ferrara.
From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Ferdinand Gregorovius
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