cardinal

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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

The cardinal sin of “The Last Days” is that it doesn’t choose a storyline.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

Perhaps the cardinal sin in Garten’s Thanksgiving guidebook is waiting until the very last minute to prepare and serve your Thanksgiving meal.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2025

NBA commissioner Adam Silver has called cap circumvention “a cardinal sin.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Zero appeared in the middle of every Renaissance painting, and a cardinal declared that the universe was infinite—boundless.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife