cardinal
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"Crowded into the room were members of parliament, city authorities and, I seem to remember, a single red-hatted cardinal from the Vatican."
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
“Yet, many banks refuse to have any sort of framework to evaluate that, and certainly don’t communicate about it. To us, that is the cardinal sin.”
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Her crime, she believes, is “the cardinal scientific sin of anthropomorphizing trees by using the metaphor of the mother tree.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
The cardinal sin of “The Last Days” is that it doesn’t choose a storyline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 20, 2026
I remember his making a great point of how he learned what had been a cardinal awareness of his ever since: “It’s the hinge that squeaks that gets the grease.”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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I wonder if any of the cardinals and other Vatican officials in the audience winced at the notion of the Bishop of Rome taking his place as one among many “moral voices.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
“We now have quite a few bishops and cardinals coming out and being present, which is very important. As far as our archdiocese is concerned — not so much.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
Leo, 70, who has a history of missionary work in Peru and is the first pope from the United States, was elected in a conclave of cardinals on May 8.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
Following Francis's death, Robert Prevost, born in Chicago, became Pope Leo XIV after he was elected by the conclave of cardinals.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
For some reason, we had a great number of cardinals about the place that year.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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