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papal

[pey-puhl] / ˈpeɪ pəl /
ADJECTIVE
pertaining to the pope
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A few days later, Undersecretary of War for Policy Elbridge Colby requested a meeting with the Vatican’s then top diplomat in Washington, the Papal Nuncio Cardinal Christophe Pierre.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

After participating in a prayer service attended by the Papal Nuncio to Lebanon, Paolo Borgia, who is touring Christian towns near the border, Jallad wept for her young son, holding a photograph of him.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

The Papal suite is reserved for popes, but other patients are treated on the same floor.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025

For Pope Julius II, his newfound beard was an appropriate sign of mourning to the loss of Bologna and other Papal territories to the Republic of Venice, his sworn enemy.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2024

Surratt then went to England under an assumed name and later continued on to the Vatican, where he served in the Papal Zouaves, the pope’s infantry unit.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly




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