cathedra
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Popes wield such power that they can speak ex cathedra — literally, from the papal throne — to make infallible pronouncements on morality that the faithful must obey.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2025
The last time a pope issued an ex cathedra decree was in 1950, when Pius XII made the assumption of Mary into heaven an article of faith.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2021
It is a conviction descended, ex cathedra, from Robert Penn Warren, in his spare masterpiece, “Tell Me a Story.”
From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019
The Catholic Church believes in papal infallibility on the very few and rare instances in which he speaks ex cathedra.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2018
And, though this decision was only rendered mentally, he felt in its rendering all the ministerial intolerance of one who is deciding ex cathedra a point of great moral importance.
From Playing With Fire by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
