pontiff

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Besides the capital, the pontiff will also travel to Lourdes, a site of pilgrimage for Christians worldwide.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

"The administration of justice aims to protect society," the US-born pontiff, 70, told detainees.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

The American pontiff has emerged as one of the most vocal critics of the Iran conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The pontiff said the remarks, delivered days after a high-profile spat with the US president, had been written a fortnight earlier – "well before the president ever commented on myself".

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

People aren’t ordinarily carried in chairs in New Hampshire, and as they raised him up he looked very strange to me, like some tragic and exalted personage, a stricken pontiff.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles