pontiff

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The host, a devout Catholic, has called the pontiff his "white whale."

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

Pope Leo XIV will travel to France for an official state visit from September 25 to 28, the Vatican announced on Saturday, in the first such trip by a pontiff in 18 years.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Despite the tensions, the pontiff rolled out the red carpet for Trump’s top diplomat.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The pontiff said he would continue to "speak out loudly against war" and promote peace.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

People aren’t ordinarily carried in chairs in New Hampshire, and as they raised him up he looked very strange to me, like some tragic and exalted personage, a stricken pontiff.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles