papacy
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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
Has the papacy turned its back on just war theory and become pacifist?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026
He should never have agreed to raise to the papacy any cardinal he might have injured or who, upon becoming pope, might have cause to fear him.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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
They would do well to remember, however, that most of the polling data collected during the previous two papacies strongly indicated that American Catholics are not shy about deviating from Rome when it suited them.
From US News ● Sep. 28, 2015
The Pope's language is unlike anything heard coming out of the Vatican during recent papacies.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2013
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 Kingsley, Charles
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