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cardinal

[kahr-dn-l] / ˈkɑr dn l /


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Around the same time that she became Catholic, Spark co-edited the letters of the 19th-century cardinal John Henry Newman.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

"Crowded into the room were members of parliament, city authorities and, I seem to remember, a single red-hatted cardinal from the Vatican."

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

But the archdiocese source condemned "a culture of complicity and silence" among those around the cardinal, accusing them of helping to protect him.

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

Colby reportedly gave the cardinal a dressing down.

From Salon Apr. 9, 2026

Set down with geometric precision at the cardinal points were four monumental slabs of the same alien metal as the citadel.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Her recent joint interview with three U.S. cardinals about Pope Leo XIV and his church’s opposition to the Iran war and Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown became a major story in April.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

I wonder if any of the cardinals and other Vatican officials in the audience winced at the notion of the Bishop of Rome taking his place as one among many “moral voices.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 2026

Leo, 70, will on Friday mark one year as leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, after being elected by cardinals on May 8, 2025, following the death of Pope Francis.

From Barron's May 3, 2026

Six months since a conclave of cardinals elected the first North American to the Papacy, some Catholics feel that Leo has been slow to stamp his own mark on the role.

From BBC Nov. 15, 2025

But this night he felt ill at ease, a choirboy among cardinals.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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