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
The pair visited Gammarelli, then the official tailor of the papacy, where he purchased an ankle-length black cassock, usually worn by priests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 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
They kept the papacy weak and unstable, standing with their weapons in hand right under the eyes of the Pope.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
He reported from Algeria, Vietnam and China, but is best known for his time in Rome as the BBC's Vatican correspondent, where he covered the papacies of five popes.
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
For nearly three decades and three papacies, the United States has been the focal point of the crisis, and the American bishops have been pushed to the forefront of the church’s response.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2018
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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