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Appeared in the October 4, 2025, print edition as 'Anglican Church Appoints First Female Leader'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 3, 2025

May 24 - Appoints women to a key Vatican department for the first time.

From Reuters • Mar. 10, 2023

Pope Francis Appoints Panel to Watch Bank In another move to clean up the troubled Vatican Bank, on Wednesday appointed a commission of inquiry that will report directly to him about the bank’s activities.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2013

Appoints Sorin Cartu as his fifth coach of the season.

From The Guardian • Mar. 13, 2011

This part is nam'd from Ilium, that from Troy, And the new king ascends the throne with joy; A chosen senate from the people draws; Appoints the judges, and ordains the laws.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil