papacy
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The Quotidiano Nazionale newspaper calls it the "fluttering of crows" over St Peter's, inevitable at the "sunset" of any Papacy.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025
The institution that, in the eyes of most Europeans, was charged with providing the answers and resolution to these questions was, inevitably, the Papacy in Rome.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2014
For centuries, the Papacy had been the single religious authority of western Christendom.
From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2013
The Society of Jesus was even dissolved by the Papacy in 1773.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2013
Ever since Pope John Calvin had moved the seat of the Papacy to Geneva and set up the Consistorial Court of Discipline, the Church’s power over every aspect of life had been absolute.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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