papacy
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Licence believes this change in England's relationship with the papacy probably took place after Harold became king in January 1066.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
The Chicago-born pontiff has made the defence of migrants one of the pillars of his papacy, like his predecessor, Francis, praising those who help the needy and decrying mass deportations in the United States.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 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
Pope Leo has presented the first major teaching document of his papacy, warning that artificial intelligence needs to be "disarmed".
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
Although he made use of his reputation for generosity in order to gain the papacy, Pope Julius II then decided not to maintain this reputation, in order to be able to wage war.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
He became an authority on the papacies of five popes - One of his most notable assignments was the assassination attempt on John Paul II in 1981.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
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
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
Byzantine empires, Spanish Armadas, triple-crowned papacies, Russian despotisms, this is the way of them, and will be to the end of the world.
From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Charles Kingsley
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