monsignor

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The monsignor admitted to recording Becciu secretly during a dinner with him in September 2020 and bringing it to Vatican policemen.

From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2022

Representatives from most of Hong Kong's missionary groups were briefed by the monsignor during the meetings.

From Reuters • Jul. 5, 2022

Robert Duvall and Robert De Niro play siblings: Duvall is a detective; De Niro, a Roman Catholic monsignor whose future in the church depends on how his brother handles the case.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2021

He is now the monsignor for the Hendred parish which covers two churches - St Mary's in East Hendred, Oxfordshire, and St Patrick's in East Ilsley, Berkshire.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2021

"I suppose, monsignor," he said, "it's the ancient leaven of the trooper getting the upper hand now and then."

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.