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pope

noun as in head of catholic church

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The King, who landed at Ciampino airport on Wednesday evening, will become the first British monarch to pray with a pope since the Reformation in the 16th Century.

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The canonisation will be the second for the US pope since he was made leader of the Catholic Church on May 8.

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"For me especially it means a lot that the pope believes in the project and he wants to come and meet us," Jesus Marro, a 30-year-old Spaniard, told AFP.

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The King and Queen had a private meeting with Pope Francis on their 20th wedding anniversary in April, in one of the late pope's last meetings with high-profile visitors before he died.

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Leo, 70, who has a history of missionary work in Peru and is the first pope from the United States, was elected in a conclave of cardinals on May 8.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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